policeman

[US]/pəˈliːsmən/
[UK]/pəˈliːsmən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. agent de la loi masculin.
Word Forms
Plurielpolicemen

Phrases & Collocations

traffic policeman

agent de la circulation

Example Sentences

corrupt a policeman with money

corrompre un policier avec de l'argent

the policeman's nightly rounds

les rondes nocturnes de l'agent de police

a policeman’s truncheon

une matraque de policier

A policeman detects criminals.

Un policier détecte des criminels.

The policeman caught an armed robber.

Le policier a appréhendé un vole d'armes.

he had misunderstood the policeman's hand signals.

il n'avait pas compris les signaux de la main de l'agent de police.

the attack left a policeman beaten senseless.

L'attaque a laissé un policier inconscient et battu.

The policeman seized a criminal suspect.

L'agent de police a appréhendé un suspect criminel.

The policeman disarmed the thief.

Le policier a désarmé le voleur.

The policeman arrested the thief.

Le policier a arrêté le voleur.

The policeman signed (for)them to stop.

L'agent de police leur a fait signe de s'arrêter.

The policeman whistled for the motorcar to stop.

Le policier siffla pour que l'automobile s'arrête.

The policeman seized the thief.

L'agent de police a saisi le voleur.

The policeman ran after the thief.

L'agent de police a couru après le voleur.

The policeman alerted me to the danger.

Le policier m'a averti du danger.

The policeman parted the crowd.

Le policier a écarté la foule.

The policeman tackled the thief.

L'agent de police a plaqué le voleur.

The policeman told the crowds to move along.

L'agent de police a dit à la foule de se déplacer.

The policeman cautioned that driver.

Le policier a mis en garde ce conducteur.

Real-world Examples

It took the policeman rather unawares.

Cela a surpris l'agent de police.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

My brother wants to be a policeman.

Mon frère veut être agent de police.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book One.

He is a policeman in a police station.

C'est un agent de police dans un commissariat.

Source: Past years' high school entrance exam listening comprehension questions.

This friend of yours, he's a policeman?

Cet ami à toi, il est agent de police ?

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 2

So he ordered the policeman to write the report.

Alors il a ordonné à l'agent de police de rédiger le rapport.

Source: Recite for the King Volume 2 (All 70 Lessons)

Riot squads joined plainclothes policemen to move the protesters away from the square.

Des escadrons anti-émeutes se sont joints à des agents de police en civil pour éloigner les manifestants de la place.

Source: AP Listening Collection April 2016

I saw a tall policeman and he stood like this.

J'ai vu un grand agent de police et il se tenait comme ça.

Source: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Go away or I'm gonna call the policeman!

Va-t'en ou je vais appeler la police !

Source: Modern Family Season 6

My parents want me to be a policeman or a doctor.

Mes parents veulent que je sois agent de police ou médecin.

Source: Past years' high school entrance exam listening comprehension questions.

He shouted in defiance of the policeman's warning to be quiet.

Il a crié en défiant l'avertissement de l'agent de police de se taire.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

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