Reverse Dictionary: POLICE – nouns

NOUNS
► ALABAMA LIE DETECTOR a police baton → 1940s sl., orig. African-American
► ALICE BLUE ► ALICE BLUE GOWN the police → 1930s US homosexual sl.
► ALYO an arrangement between criminals and the police giving the former immunity from arrest or harassment → Amer. sl.
► ATTITUDE-ADJUSTER a police officer’s nightstick; any club → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BABYLON the police; a prison warder → 1940s sl., orig. W. Indies, then UK & US Black
► BABYLON, THE the police force when viewed as tokens of oppression or White racist authority → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BACON a policeman; the police; used derisively → 1974 Amer. sl.
► BAG, THE in the police and fire departments: a uniform → 1944 Amer. sl.
► BATPHONE a police radio; the police personal radio system → 1977 UK sl.
► BILL, THE the police → 1969 Brit. sl.
► BILLY a policeman’s baton → a1859 US
► BIZZIES the police → 1948 UK sl.
► BLOW OFF a giving of information, a warning, to the police → 1925 criminals’ sl.
► BLUE BOYS the police → 1883
► BOYS, THE the police → 1867 Amer. sl.
► BOYS IN BLUE, THE the police → 1851 sl.
► BURRITO BAG a mesh restraint used by police to contain a violent person → 1997 US sl.
► BUSHES a group of policemen → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BUSIES the police → 1948 UK sl.
► BUST a police raid; a search → 1938 sl., orig. US
► BUTTON a law-enforcement officer’s badge → 1929 Amer. police sl.
► BUZZER a police or other law-enforcement badge → 1914 Amer. sl.
► CHARLIE IRVINE the police → 1970s African-American sl.
► CHARLIE NEBS the police → 1960s African-American sl.
► CHARLIE WOOD a police truncheon → 1930s sl.
► CHERRY FARM the branch of the penal system used for first offenders → 1966 US police sl. (Bk.)
► CHOPPER COPPERS the police in helicopters → 1958 US sl.
► CHOTA the police; a police officer (Border Spanish) → 1974 US sl.
► COCOBOLA a police nightstick → 1990s US sl.
► COOL-OUT in police interrogations: the practice of leaving the accused alone in the interrogation room before the interrogation begins → 1997 US sl.
► COP HOUND a police dog → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COPPER-STICK a policeman’s truncheon → 19C sl.
► C.T.A. the police → c1860 circus & showmen’s usage
► DAN O’LEARY a tour of police duty in which the police officer works every possible minute → 1958
► DARLO DROP police brutality towards a victim in custody → 1990s Aust. police & criminals’ sl.
► DEES, THE the police as an organization → M19 NZ sl.
► DIP SQUAD a police unit that targets pickpockets → 1977 UK sl.
► DRUNK TANK a cell in a police station in which drunks are held → 1912 US sl.
► DUCKS AND GEESE the police → 1966 Aust. rhyming sl.
► ERVINE police → Z1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► ESCLOP ► ESILOP ► ESLOP the police → M19 back-slang
► ESPANTOON a policeman’s club → 1931 Amer. dial.
► FACTORY, THE a large Metropolitan police station of severe appearance; generally, any police station → c1860 sl.
► FAIRY-KILLER DETAIL the antihomosexual detail of a vice squad → 1965 Amer. police sl.
► FASCISTS the police → 1999 UK sl.
► FIVE-O ► FIVE-OH the police; a police officer → 1983 US sl.
► FORCE, THE. the police → 1868 UK sl.
► FUR the police → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FUZZ, THE the police → 1929 sl., orig. US
► GAFF police examination or interrogation → 1929 UK sl.
► GARAGE ACTION a legal action for libel (usually against a newspaper) brought by the police on their own behalf; the damages awarded are often substantial enough to buy a new garage for the police officer’s home → 1998 UK sl.
► GENTLEMEN IN BLUE, THE the police → 1851 sl.
► GOON SQUAD the police → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GROUNDER a police call that demands or results in relatively little investigative effort → 1981 Amer. police usage
► HEAT the police → 1937 sl., orig. US
► HOOK, THE police → 1994 criminals’ sl.
► IRISH DIVIDEND a shake-down or extortion by the police → 1925 US criminals’ sl.
► J. EDGAR the police → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► JOE a taunt to or warning of the approach of a policeman → M19 Aust. & NZ
► JOHN LAW personification of the police → 1907 US sl.
► JOHNNY LAW the police → 1960s Amer. sl.
► JUNIOR WALKER AND THE ALL STARS the police → 1970s African-American sl.
► KODAK police radar used for measuring vehicle speed → 1976 US sl.
► LAW, THE the police → 18C sl., orig. US
► LEROYS the police → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► LILLIAN the police → 1970s homosexual sl.
► LILLY LAW ► LILY LAW a policeman; the police → 1949 US homosexual usage, derisive
► MAKE an identification of, or information about, a person or thing from police records,  fingerprints, etc. → 1950 sl., orig. US
► MAN, THE the police → 1919 sl.
► MANOR a police district → 1924 Brit. sl.
► MEE-MAWS the police → 1988 Sc. sl.
► MEN IN BLUE, THE the police → 1851 sl.
► METRO TUX the police officer’s uniform in Los Angeles, except for his shirt, which is replaced by a white t-shirt; with this slight modification, policemen may drink at a bar without violating the department rule against drinking in uniform → 1994 US sl.
► MISS ALICE the police → 1930s US homosexual sl.
► MISS MAN the police → 1970s African-American homosexual sl.
► MONAYCH the police; a police officer → 1961 Aust.
► MR. WOOD a police truncheon → 1930s sl.
► MUG BOOK a book kept by the police containing photographs of criminals → 1958 sl.
► MUG SHOT a police photograph of a (convicted) criminal → 1950 US sl.
► MUMP-HOLE an unofficial place of refreshment for patrolling police officers, as hospitals, cafes, shops, etc. → 1983 Brit. sl.
► MUMPING the acceptance by the police of small gifts or bribes from trades people → 1970 Brit. sl.
► NABS, THE the police → 1950 sl.
► NAIL-EM-AND-JAIL-EM the police → 1967 African-American sl.
► NAILERS police → 1950s African-American sl.
► NAWLEED the police → 2000 African-American sl.
► NICK the police → 1953 sl.
► NIGGER-KNOCKER a police baton, a club → 1965 US sl., offensive
► NIGGER-STICK a baton carried by policemen, prison warders, etc. → 1971 US sl., offensive
► NUTBAG a mesh restraint used by police to restrain violent people → 1997 US sl.
► NUTCRACKER a policeman’s nightstick → 1922 US sl.
► OAK TOWEL an oaken cudgel; a wooden club; a policeman’s club → 1859 sl.
► OBBO ► OBO police surveillance of a person, building, etc.; a prison observation room → c1919 sl.
► OLD BILL a police officer; the police → 1958 UK sl.
► ONE-TIME the police → 1990 US sl.
► ORE the police → 1963 S. Afr. sl.
► PACKAGE a police record → 1910s US sl.
► PADDING the practice of planting extra amounts of drugs to ensure a conviction → 2000s UK police usage
► PLOD, THE the police → 1986 Brit. sl.
► POH-POH the police → 1980s African-American sl.
► POLICE BLOTTER a record of arrests and charges at a police station → 1861 orig. & chiefly US
► POLIS, THE the police → c1874 sl., chiefly Irish & Sc.
► PO-PO the police → 1980s African-American sl.
► POTSY a police officer’s badge → 1932 Northeastern US sl.
► PULL in policing, an act of temporarily detaining a suspicious person or vehicle for investigation → 1977 UK sl.
► PUSSY POSSE a police squad, or vice squad dealing with prostitution → 1963 sl.
► RACE the chase to escape law enforcement officers, either by car or on foot → 1974 Amer. dial.
► RACKET a private, police-only party → 1987 US sl.
► RADICATION the police → 1970s Black British sl.
► RADICS ► RADIX the police → 1970s Black British sl.
► RADS the police → 2000 UK sl.
► RAP SHEET a police record of convictions → 1960 sl., chiefly US
► READER a circular notifying police officers of a suspected criminal to be arrested → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
► ROLLERS the police → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► ROMBOYLE the watch (early police) → M17 cant
► SAM AND DAVE the police, when working in a team of two → 1980s African-American sl.
► SAP a short club; a police officer’s nightstick → 1899 US sl.
► SHAKE-DOWN a (police) raid; a search → 1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► SHEET a police record of convictions → 1958 US sl.
► SHERIFF a police drug detection dog → 2001 NZ prison sl.
► SHERLOCK HOLMES the police → 1950s African-American sl.
► SHOW UP a police line-up of suspected criminals, usually presented for possible identification by witnesses → 1929 Amer. sl.
► SHOW-UP LINE a police line-up of suspected criminals, usually presented for possible identification by witnesses → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SIGNALMENT a description of a person wanted by the police; a distinguishing mark → 1778
► SILENT BEEF a note attached to an individual’s police record stating that they have been suspected (but not charged due to lack of proof) of committing a crime; the note requests that they be punished to the maximum extent for such lesser charges as can be brought → 1960s US criminals’ sl.
► SILLY SEASON from a police perspective, the summer as a period of counterculture, pop, rock, and dance festivals → 1999 UK sl.
► SLAP-SLAP a small police club that fits into a police officer’s hand → 1962 US sl.
► SQUEAL a call for police assistance or investigation → 1949 sl.
► STAKE-OUT a period of surveillance, esp. police → 1942 sl., orig. US
► STAND-UP an identification parade → 1935 US sl.
► STATIONS OF THE CROSS a police tactic in which a person who has been arrested is moved from one precinct to another in rapid succession, making it impossible for him to be located and bailed out by his friends and family → 1992 US sl.
► STING a police undercover operation to catch criminals → 1976 sl., chiefly US
► TANK, THE a large cell in a police station → 1912 US sl.
► THREE-BULLET JOEY the police → 1960s African-American sl.
► TIN a police officer’s badge or shield → 1949 US sl.
► UMBRELLA police protection, obtained through bribery → 1960s US sl.
► UNCLE BILL the police force in general; the law personified → 1962 sl.
► UNCLE NABS the police → 1970s African-American sl.
► UNCLE WILF the police → 20C rhyming sl. for ‘filth’
► UNION WAGE the police → 1970s African-American sl.
► VERAS the police vice squad → 1996 UK sl.
► VERA VICE the police vice squad → 1950s homosexual sl.
► VICE, THE a police vice squad → 1966 UK sl.
► VICTORIA VICE the police vice squad → 1950s homosexual sl.
► WAR BAG a backpack or duffel bag containing a police officer’s equipment and clothing → 2006 US sl.
► WASHING a technique of evading surveillance by taking an absurdly indirect route from one place to another → 1990s police sl.
► WHACKER a police truncheon → 1916 UK criminals’ sl.
► YARD, THE Scotland Yard; later New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London’s Metropolitan Police → 1888 sl.
► ZOOM a police raid → 1930s US criminals’ sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
(also see DETECTIVE, SHERIFF)
(for POLICE INFORMER, SPY – see INFORM, INFORMER)
► ACE a police officer → 1949 Amer. sl.
► ACTIVE an enthusiastic and efficient officer → 1984 UK police sl. (Bk.)
► ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE a policeman → 1846 UK sl.
► AGENT any police officer → 1960s African-American sl.
► ANIMAL a policeman, before he became a ‘pig’ → Brit. sl.
► APRIL FOOL COPPER a small-town policeman; a private detective; a badly dressed policeman → 1950s US criminals’ sl.
► ARM a police officer → Amer. criminals’ sl.
► AVIATOR a police superior with no steady assignment who ‘flies’ from job to job filling in for others of his rank who are ill or on vacation → 1972 US police sl.
► B a policeman → 1900s sl.
► BAB a policeman → 1970s W. Indies sl.
► BABY BEAR a police trainee; a rookie patrolman or patrol woman → 1988 US sl. (Bk.)
► BABY-BLUES a policeman → 1957 US sl.
► BABYLON a policeman → 1952 African-American sl.
► BACHELOR in police work: an officer who works best alone → 1992 US sl.
► BACON a police officer; the police in general → 1974 Amer. sl., derisive usage
► BAD MAN a dangerous person, usually a police officer or informer → 1992 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BADGE a police officer or detective who has a badge → 1921 US sl. 
► BADGE BANDIT a police officer, esp. a motorcycle police officer → 1960 US sl.
► BADGE-TOTER a law officer → 1969 US West sl.
► BAIT an undercover policeman used for entrapment of homosexuals → 1972 US homosexual sl.
► BALD-TYRE BANDIT a traffic police officer → 1977 UK criminal sl.
► BALES the policeman who superintends the Black Maria, or prison van → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► BANANA a corrupt policeman → 1989 UK sl.
► BANDOG a policeman → 1885 sl., orig. Aust.
► BANGIE a policeman, a constable → 1870 Sc.
► BARON a police officer assigned to a hotel beat → 2002 US sl. (Bk.)
► BAZZARD a policeman → 1910s US criminals’ sl.
► BD a police officer; probably from abbreviation for ‘Bloody Detective’ → 1900 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
► BEAGLE a spy; an informer; a policeman, a detective; also, a general term of contempt → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► BEAK a sheriff’s officer; a policeman → 1799 UK sl.
► BEAK-RUNNER an officer of the law → 1789 UK sl.
► BEAKSMAN a constable; a policeman; a guardian of the peace; also, a police-office clerk → 1821 UK sl.
► BEAKY a sheriff’s officer; a policeman → 1982 US sl.
► BEAR a police officer, mainly applied to a highway patrol officer or state trooper → 1975 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► BEARD an undercover agent → 1998 New York police sl. (Bk.)
► BEARDED BUDDY any policeman → 1995 euphemism (Bk.)
► BEAR IN THE AIR a police officer in an airplane or a helicopter → 1995 Amer. Citizens’ band radio sl. (Bk.)
► BEAST a police officer → 1989 UK sl.
► BEAST-BOY ► BEAST-BWOY a policeman → 1994 Black British sl.
► BEAST-MAN a police officer or prison officer; any figure of authority → 1990s UK teen sl.
► BEAT a policeman who walks a beat → 1874 US sl.
► BEAT COP a police officer who patrols a beat → 1941 colloq., orig. US
► BEAT OFFICER a police officer who patrols a beat (the round or course habitually traversed by a watchman, police officer, etc., on duty) → 1868 orig. US
► BEAT POUNDER a policeman, esp. one who patrols his beat on foot → 1942 criminals’ sl.
► BEEK a policeman or magistrate → c1600 sl.
► BEETLE a policeman → 1959 UK juvenile sl.
► BEETLE-CRUSHER a policeman → 1959 UK juvenile sl.
► BELLE STAR a police officer → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► BENT COP a dishonest police officer, esp. one who takes bribes → 2000 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BENT COPPER a corrupt policeman → 20C sl.
► BETTY BLUE a police officer → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► BETTY BRACELETS a police officer or the police in general → 1950s UK homosexual sl.
► BIDDY a policeman → 1902 US sl.
► BIG BULL a police chief → 1945 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BIG EYE a police detective → 1992 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BIG FOE urban police detectives, esp. brutal and arrogant → 2007 African-American sl.
► BIG HAT a law enforcement officer; a policeman; a sheriff → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BIG J big John, a policeman → 1988 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BIG JOHN a police officer → 1992 criminals’ sl.  (Bk.)
► BIG STAR a law enforcement officer, a sheriff → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BIG STICK a person of authority, as a police officer or foreman; a marshal → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BIKE a motorcycle patrolman → 1958 US police sl.
► BIKIE a motorcycle patrolman → 1976 US police sl.
► BILL a policeman → 1969 Brit. sl. 
► BILL FROM THE HILL police officers serving at Notting Hill police station in London → 1976 UK sl.
► BILLY a law enforcement officer; a policeman → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BILLY BOY a law enforcement officer; a policeman → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BILLY MAN a law enforcement officer; a policeman → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BIM a policeman → 1957 African-American sl. 
► BIZZIE ► BIZZY a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective → 1904 sl.
► BLACK-AND-WHITE a police officer → 1965 US sl.
► BLACK BEETLE a constable in the Thames River police → 1894 UK sl.
► BLACK BELLY a policeman → 1973 W. Indies
► BLACK RAT a traffic patrol officer → 1993 UK sl.
► BLACK-TRACKER a native policeman employed in tracking down fugitive Blacks and criminals → 1867 Aust.
► BLISTERFOOT a uniformed policeman who walks a regular beat → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BLOCK a policeman → L19 Sc. criminals’ sl.
► BLUE a police officer → 1848
► BLUECOAT a policeman → 1875 Amer. dial.
► BLUE HEELER a nickname for a policeman → 20C Aust. sl.
► BLUE-LIGHT SPECIAL a police officer → 1998 African-American sl.
► BLUE MAN a uniformed policeman → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BLUEY a policeman → M19 sl.
► BOBBY a police officer → 1844 Brit. sl.
► BOGEY ► BOGIE ► BOGY a police officer → 1924 Brit. sl.
► BOOGERMAN ► BOOGEYMAN a policeman → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOSS DICK a cop; a police officer → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTLE AND STOPPER a police officer → 1928 US rhyming sl. for ‘copper’
► BROWN BOMBER a traffic warden or ‘parking cop’ → 1953 Aust. sl.
► BUGGER-MAN a policeman → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BULKY a policeman → 1827 sl.
► BULL a police officer → 1893 US sl.
► BUSTER a law-enforcement officer; a police officer → 1963 US sl.
► BUSY a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective → 1904 Brit. sl.
► BUSY BEE a policeman → 1950s UK juvenile sl.
► BUSYBODY a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective → 20C sl.
► BUTTON a uniformed police officer → 1921 US sl.
► BUTTONS a uniformed police officer → 1911 US sl.
► BUZZARD a policeman → 1910s US criminals’ sl.
► CAKE a stupid policeman → 1891 Amer. thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
► CATCHER a watchman or policeman → 1837 US sl.
► CHARLIE IRVINE a police officer → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHARPERER a policeman → c1860 sl.
► CHARPERING OMEE ► CHARPERING OMER ► CHARPERING OMI a policeman → c1860 sl.
► CHERRY TOP a policeman → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CHOTA the police; a police officer (Border Spanish) → 1974 US sl.
► COLLAR a police officer  → 1973 US sl.
► CONCRETE BEATER a policeman → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CONSTABULE a constable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► COP a police officer → 1855 colloq.
► COPMAN a policeman → L19 Aust. sl.
► COPPER a police officer → 1846 sl.
► COPPER’S-NARK a police spy → 19C sl.
► COPPERMAN a policeman → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► COPPERNOB a policeman → 1910s UK juvenile usage
► COUNTY MOUNTIE ► COUNTY-MOUNTY 1. a local, rather than state, policeman → 1975 US sl.
2. any policeman → 1990s sl.
► COWBOY a policeman → 1968 Amer. dial.
► COZZER a police officer → 1950 Brit. sl.
► COZZPOT a police officer → 1962 Brit. sl.
► CRAPPER DICK a police officer or detective who patrols public toilets → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CRIME-BUSTER a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime → sl.
► CRUSHER a policeman → 1835 sl.
► CYBERCOP a police officer who deals with cybercrime → 1993
► D a police detective; a policeman in plain clothes → 1879 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
► DANGER SIGNAL a policeman → L19 UK criminals’ sl.
► DEAN a police officer → 2000s African-American sl.
► DEE a detective; any police officer whatsoever → c1840 sl.
► DEMON a police officer → 1889 Aust. sl.
► DEP a deputy → 1890-91 US sl.
► DICK a police officer → 1908 sl., chiefly US
► DICKLESS TRACY a female police officer → 1963 jocular usage, orig. US
► DOG 1. a detective or police officer, esp. a plainclothesman → 1867 US sl.
2. a brutal or hard-line policeman → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► DOG DRIVER (insulting or contemptuous) a police officer → 1977 UK sl.
► DOOLAN a policeman → 1950s Aust. sl.
► DO-RIGHT BOY a policeman; a highway patrol officer → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DRACK an unattractive woman; an unwelcome person; a policeman → 1960 Aust. sl.
► EAR a police officer → 1973 S. Afr. sl.
► EGG-WALKER a police officer → 1950 Amer. dial.
► ELBOW a police officer or detective → 1899 US criminals’ sl.
► ERVINE ► IRVINE a policeman → 1960s African-American sl.
► ESCLOP a policeman → 1902 back-slang (Bk.)
► FEE GRABBER a policeman; a deputy sheriff; a constable → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FILTH, THE the police, members of the police force → c1950 criminal sl.
► FIVE-OH the police; a police officer → 1983 US sl.
► FLAT-FOOT a police officer; often applied specifically to uniformed officers, as opposed to detectives → 1912 sl., orig. US
► FLATTIE ► FLATTY a police officer; a uniformed officer as opposed to detectives → 1866 sl., orig. US
► FLY a policeman → 1857 sl.
► FLY COP a detective, a plain-clothes policeman → 1859 US sl.
► FOOTIE ► FOOTY a pedestrian police surveillance operative → 2002 UK sl.
► FORTY-POUNDER a police officer → 19C sl.
► FOX a police spy; an informer → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► FROG a policeman → 19C Brit.
► FUR the police → 1990 Amer.sl. (Bk.)
► FUZZ a police officer; the police in general → 1924 sl., orig. US
► FUZZ MAN the police; a detective; a jail keeper → 1990 Amer.sl. (Bk.)
► FUZZY a police officer → 1949 criminals’  sl.
► FUZZY TAIL the police; a detective; a jail keeper → 1990 Amer.sl. (Bk.)
► GABBER a policeman → 1989 UK sl.
► GALLAGHER AND SHEEHAN a two-man police team → 1950 US sl.
► GALLOW’S-TRAP a Bow Street officer; a policeman → c1810 UK criminals’ sl.
► GANGBUSTER an officer of a law-enforcement agency who is known for successfully, and often aggressively, fighting organized crime, breaking up gangs, and apprehending gangsters → 1930 colloq., orig. US
► GARDE CHAMPÊTRE a rural policeman; a gamekeeper (French ‘rural guard’) → 1814
► GARLO a police officer → 2000 UK gypsy usage
► GATHER a police officer → 1999 UK sl.
► GATTES a policeman → 1977 S. Afr. sl.
► GAVVER a policeman → 2002 UK criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GAY-STOPPER the police; a police officer → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► GEERUS a policeman → 1894 Amer. dial. obs.
► GENDARME a police officer → 1829 sl.
► GENT IN BLUE a policeman → 1899 UK sl.
► GENTLEMAN IN BLUE a person in blue uniform, esp. a policeman, a sailor, or a Union soldier in the American Civil War → 1847
► GENTLEMAN IN BLUE AND WHITE a policeman → 1864 sl. (Bk.)
► GEORGIE a policeman; a detective → 1929 UK sl.
► GERMANS, THE police officers → 2002 UK criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GERTRUDE the police; a police officer → 1960 African-American homosexual sl.
► GESTAPO a policeman; a highway patrolman → 1953 US sl.
► GHEE FROM DOWNTOWN a detective or the top police official in a large city → 1992 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GIMPY a police officer; hence, a term of contempt → 1959 US sl.
► GINGER-CAKE a policeman → 1989 S. Afr. sl.
► GINGER-POP a policeman → 1887 sl. obs.
► GIRLS IN BLUE female police officers → 1998 Aust. sl.
► GOLDIE LOCKS a policewoman → 2006 US Citizens Band radio sl. (Bk.)
► GRAB a constable or police officer → 1821 criminals’ sl.
► GRASS a police officer → 1939 Brit. sl.
► GRASSHOPPER a police officer → 1893 Brit. sl.
► GRUNTER a policeman → 1823 sl.
► GUM BOOT a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer → 20C Amer. sl.
► GUMFOOT a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer; one known for wearing, silent, gum-rubber shoes → E20 Amer. sl.
► GUMHEEL a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer; one known for wearing, silent, gum-rubber shoes → E20 Amer. sl.
► GUMSHOE a detective or policeman → sl.
► GUMSHOE MAN a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer → 20C Amer. sl.
► GUM SHOES policemen → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► GUS a policeman → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HACK a night watchman; a night policeman or marshal; chiefly the watchman of a building → 1914 Amer. criminals’ sl.
► HAIRBAG a veteran police officer → 1958 US sl.
► HAIRBAGGER an experienced police officer → 1958 US sl.
► HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON a policeman who forges evidence to get a conviction → 2004 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► HARNESS BULL a uniformed police officer of low rank; often as opposed to a detective → 1903 US sl.
► HARNESS COP a uniformed police officer of low rank; often as opposed to a detective → 1903 US sl.
► HEAT a police officer → 1937 sl., orig. US
► HIGH-GRASS CONSTABLE a rural law officer → 1908 Amer. dial.
► HILDA a police officer → 1992 UK sl.
► HILDA HANDCUFFS a police officer → 1992 UK sl.
► HOBBY BOBBY a special constable → 1980s sl.
► HOP a police officer → 1916 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘cop’
► HORNEY ► HORNY a police officer → 1753 sl.
► HORSE COP a horse-mounted police officer → 1942 US sl.
► ICEMAN one who is given bribes by gangsters, etc., as a corrupt policeman → 1960s sl.
► INVISIBLE BLUE policeman → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► IRV a police officer → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► JACK a policeman or detective in plain clothes; a military policeman → 1889 sl.
► JAKE a police officer → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► JOHN a policeman → M17 sl.
► JOHNDARM a policeman → M17 sl.
► JOHN HOP a policeman → 1905 Aust. & NZ rhyming sl. for ‘cop’
► JOHN LAW a policeman → 1919 Amer. tramps’ sl. (Bk.)
► JOHNNIE ► JOHNNY a police officer → a1852 sl.
► JOHNNY GALLACHER ► JOHNNY GALLAGHER a uniformed policeman → 1935 tramps’ cant
► JOHNNY TINPLATE a rural sheriff → 1910s US sl.
► JONNOP a policeman → 1938 Aust. sl.
► KEYSTONE a police officer → 1935 sl.
► KILLJOY a policeman or any authority figure → 1920s African-American sl.
► KOJAK WITH A KODAK a police officer operating a radar camera; police radar → 1976 US sl.
► KOZZER a police officer → 1950 Brit. sl.
► LABDICK a policeman → 20C Sc. sl.
► LAND MARINE a policeman → 1853 US nautical sl.
► LAND-SHARK a policeman → 19C sl.
► LAW a police officer, a sheriff, or other representative of the law; occasionally, a private detective → 1910s sl.
► LAW DOG a police officer; a sheriff or deputy sheriff → L19 US sl.
► LAW HOUND. a police officer → L19 US sl.
► LEATHER-HEAD a policeman; a watchman → L19 US sl.
► LEMON (DROP) a policeman → 1980s rhyming sl. for ‘cop’
► LILLY LAW ► LILY LAW a policeman; the police; used derisively → 1949 US homosexual usage
► LOO a police or fire lieutenant → 1960s US sl.
► MAN, THE a policeman, or other member of the establishment → 1910s sl., orig. US
► MAN IN BLUE a policeman → 1896 colloq.
► METROS the police; the metropolitan police → 1990 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MICKEY MOUSE a policeman → 1971 US sl. (Bk.)
► MIDI-MAN a Midwest patrolman → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MILTONIAN a tramp’s or drifter’s term for a policeman → 1886 vagrants’ & criminals’ sl.
► MIN a policeman or policewoman → 1992 prison & criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► MINGRA a police officer → 1979 UK sl.
► MINION OF THE LAW a policeman → 1958 Eng. sl. (Bk.)
► MISS MAN the police; a police officer → 1972 Black homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► MISTER SIN ► MR. SIN a police officer assigned to the vice squad → 1980 US sl.
► MITNEY a sheriff or policeman → 1910 Brit. criminals’ sl. 
► MONAYCH the police; a police officer → 1961 Aust.
► MONKEY a Federal police officer → c1925 US sl.
► MORK a policeman→ 1889 criminals’ sl. obs.
► MOTARD a French motorcycle policeman → 1963
► MOTHER BULL a police officer doing his beat in a patrol car with a partner → 1950s homosexual sl.
► MOTHER SUPERIOR a police sergeant → 1980 US sl.
► MOTOR COP a motorcycle policeman → 1915 US colloq.
► MOTORCYCLE BULL a motorcycle policeman → 1947 US sl.
► MOTORCYCLE COP a motorcycle policeman → 1927 colloq.
► MOTORCYCLE OFFICER a motorcycle policeman → 1935
► MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN a police officer who patrols on a motorcycle → 1919
► MOUNTIE a member of any mounted police or military force → 1930
► MOUSE a New York City Police Department trainee → 1988 New York Police sl.
► MOUTH MARINE the officer who negotiates through a bullhorn with a suspect who’s holed up in a building → 1997 police usage (Bk.)
► M.P. a policeman → M19 Aust. & US sl.
► MR. HOMBUG a security policeman, as at a school → 1980s African-American sl.
► MR. SIN a member of the vice squad → 1970s African-American sl.
► MR. THINGSTABLE ‘Mr. Constable, a ludicrous affectation of delicacy in the avoiding the pronunciation of the first syllable in the title of that officer, which in sound has some similarity to an indecent monosyllable’ → L18 sl.
► MUG a policeman → 1903 sl.
► MUG COP ► MUG COPPER a policeman → 1930s Aust. sl.
► MUG JOHN a policeman → 1930s Aust. sl.
► MULDOON a policeman → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MUSKRA a police officer → 1979 Brit. sl.
► MUTT AND JEFF a pair of police interrogators, one of whom adopts a threatening approach while the other is sympathetic and conciliatory → 1940 US sl.
► MYRMIDON a police officer, bailiff, or other law enforcement officer → 1699 chiefly derogatory
► NAB a police officer or detective → 1813 US criminals’ & Black sl.
► NABBER one who ‘nabs’; hence, a bailiff or constable; a police officer → 1810 sl. 
► NABBING-CULL a bailiff; a constable; a policeman → 1780 sl.
► NABBING GUY a policeman → 1875 Amer. sl.
► NABMAN a policeman → 1816 sl.
► NABS, THE. a policeman → E19 sl.
► NAIL-EM-AND-JAIL-EM a police officer → 1980 US sl.
► NAILER a police officer → c1863 sl.
► NAM a policeman → 1860 back-slang (Bk.)
► NAMESCLOP a policeman → 1859 back-slang
► NARC an undercover narcotics officer → 1967 US sl.
► NARK 1. a police officer → 1891 sl.
2. an undercover narcotics officer → 1967 US sl.
► NIPPER a policeman → 1866 sl.
► NIT a police officer → 1924 Aust. military usage
► NOBBY a police officer → 1959 UK juvenile sl.
► NOD a police officer, usually male → 1969 sl.
► NODDY 1. a police officer, usually male → 1969 sl.
2. a motorcycle police officer → 1980 sl.
► NODDY MAN a police officer, usually male → 1969 sl.
► O’MALLEY a policeman → 1990s sl.
► OCCIFER ► OCIFER ► OCIFFER ► OSIFER ► OSSIFER a police officer → 1848 sl.
► ODD a police officer → 1958 sl.
► OFFICERETTE a policewoman → 20C US sl.
► OINK a police officer → 1970 sl., orig. African-American
► OINKER a police officer → 1982 US sl., contemptuous usage
► OLD BILL a police officer → 1958 Brit. sl.
► OLIVER a police officer → 1981 US circus & carnival sl.
► O’MALLEY a police officer, usually male → 1994 sl.
► OUR FRIEND WITH THE TALKING BROOCH a police officer → 2002 sl.
► P a policeman, a policewoman → 1988  (Bk.)
► PADDLER a police officer → 1953 Aust. sl.
► PADDY a police officer, usually male → 1946 African-American sl.
► PAPER-HANGER in trucking: a police officer writing a ticket → 1976 US sl.
► P.C. PLOD a police officer → 1977 Brit. sl.
► PEEL a policeman → c1920 Aust. sl.
► PEELER a police officer; applied orig. to a member of the Irish constabulary → 1817 Brit. sl.
► PEEPER a policeman (almost always plural) → L19 cant
► PERRO a policeman → 1966 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► PETER JAY a policeman → 1980s African-American sl.
► PIG a police officer → 1811 sl., derogatory
► PISTOL-TOTER a policeman → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PISTOL-TOTING PETE a policeman → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PLOD a police officer → 1977 Brit. sl.
► PLONK a female police officer → 1983 UK police sl., derogatory
► POLE-AXE a policeman → M19 sl.
► POLICE RUNNER a police officer of the lowest rank → 1781 hist.
► POLIS a police officer → 1928 sl., chiefly Irish & Sc.
► POLISMAN a police officer → 1928 sl., chiefly Irish & Sc.
► PORK CHOP a policeman → 20C rhyming sl. for ‘cop’
► PORKER a policeman → 1980s sl.
► POTSIE ► POTSY ► POTTSY a policemen → c1955 Amer. sl.
► POUNDER a police officer → 1938 US sl.
► PRETENDER TO THE THRONE a vice squad policeman who poses as gay to entrap genuine homosexuals → 1950s US homosexual sl.
► PRETTY POLICE a policeman or police squad specializing in the entrapment of homosexual men → 1990s sl.
► QUIET-CLOTHES BOY a plain-clothes policeman → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► RABBI a senior police officer who will assist, advice, and if necessary, protect a junior officer in the early stages of his career → 2002 US criminals’ sl.  (Bk.)
► RABBIT-PIE SHIFTER a policeman → c1870 UK sl.
► RAD a policeman, usually in plural → 1980s Black British sl.
► RADIC a police officer, esp. armed police; an ‘eradicator’ → 1994 UK sl.
► REEGIE a police officer in the  Regional Crime Squad → 2002 UK sl.
► REELER a policeman → 1879 rhyming slang = ‘peeler’
► ROACH a police officer → 1932 US sl.
► ROAD BULL a highway patrolman → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► ROLLER a police officer → 1964 US sl.
► ROZ a police officer → 1971 sl.
► ROZZER a police officer → 1893 sl.
► SAFTIE a policeman → 1889 Sc. obs.
► SAINT an incorruptible prison officer or police officer → 1996 UK sl.
► SALT AND PEPPER a police team, usually operating from a squad car, that consists of one Black and one White policeman → 1950s sl., orig. African-American
► SALT WATER a US police officer born in Ireland → 1982 US sl.
► SAM 1. a law enforcement officer in the employ of the US government; a policeman → 1995 euphemism (Bk.)
2. a rambunctious, kill-happy police officer → 1960s homosexual sl.
► SAM SAVAGE a rambunctious, kill-happy police officer → 1960s homosexual sl.
► SARGE a sergeant, either an Army or a police sergeant; esp. as a familiar term of address → 1867 sl., orig. US
► SAVAGE a keen young police officer eager to make arrests → 1934 US sl.
► SBIRRO an Italian police officer → a1668
► SCAB a sheriff’s officer; a constable → L16 sl.
► SCALY an acting detective constable in a UK Metropolitan Police Crime Squad → 2002 UK sl. 
► SCARLET RUNNER a Bow Street Runner (policeman) → M19 sl.
► SCONE (AND STOPPER) a policeman, a detective → 1940s rhyming Aust. sl. for ‘copper’
► SCUFFER a police officer → 1860 sl.
► SCUFTER a police officer → 1860 sl.
► SHAMUS ► SHARMUS ► SHOMMUS a police officer → 1925 US sl.
► SHEPHERD a police spy; an informer → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► SHERLOCK ► SHERLOCKO a policeman or detective → 1940s US criminals’ sl.
► SHIELD a police officer → 1965 US sl.
► SHOO-FLY a policeman, usually in plain clothes, whose job is to watch and report on other police officers → 1877 US sl.
► SIDEWALK SNAIL a policeman → 1930s US sl.
► SIX FOOT OF TRIPE a large policeman → L19 sl.
► SIX-UP a police officer → 2003 US sl.
► SKINNER a police officer → 1965 US sl.
► SKIP a uniformed police sergeant → 2002 UK sl.
► SKIPPER a police chief → 1929 sl.
► SKY BEAR an officer in a police helicopter → 1975 Amer. sl.
► SLOP a police officer → 1859 Brit. back-slang
► SMOKEY ► SMOKY a state police officer; sometimes also applied collectively to the state police → 1974 US sl.
► SMOKEY BEAR ► SMOKY BEAR ► SMOKY THE BEAR a state police officer; sometimes also applied collectively to the state police → 1974 US sl.
► SNOWDROP an American military policeman; hence, any military policeman → 1944 sl.
► SPABBER a police officer → 1925 criminals’ sl.
► SPARKS police detectives, or officers in plain clothes → 1992 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► SPARROW-CATCHER a policeman in a rural town or secluded area → 1992 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► SPARROW COP a police officer assigned low-grade duties such as patrolling parks → 1896 US sl.
► SPARROW SUPERVISORS two police officers patrolling a park → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► SPEED COP a traffic police officer, esp. a motorcycle patrolman → 1924 sl.
► SPLIT a police officer → 1891 sl.
► SQUARE BULL 1. a policeman in league with the aims of a criminal gang → 1933 criminals’ sl.
2. a police officer who will not accept a bribe; one who is completely incorruptible and will not resort to illegal procedure when interrogating a suspect → 1992 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► STATEY ► STATIE a state trooper or police officer → 1934 US sl.
► STICK MAN a policeman → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► TAILOR-MADE a plainclothes policeman or detective → 1975 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAPPER a policeman → 1859 US criminals’ sl. 
► TARRY HAT a policeman, from the tall black felt hat formerly worn as part of their uniform → 1890 Sc.
► TINNER a policeman → 1910s US criminals’ sl.
► TIN-RIBS a police officer → 1870 UK criminals’ sl. 
► TON OF LAW a bulky policeman → 1934 sl. (Bk.)
► TOWN CLOWN a police officer working in a village or small town → 1927 US sl.
► TRAP a police officer → 1705 sl.
► TREE a policeman who accepts bribes → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► UNBOILED LOBSTER a policeman → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► UNCLE BILL a policeman → 1930s sl.
► UNCLE BOB a police officer → 1965 UK sl.
► UNDER-COVER MAN an informer to the police; a policeman, a detective on a special watching job → 1931 US sl.
► UNIFORM a uniformed police officer, as distinguished from a detective in street clothes → 1969 US sl.
► UZZFAY police officer → 1955 US Pig Latin for ‘fuzz’
► VARK a term of abuse; esp. applied to a police officer  → 1975 S. Afr. sl. 
► VICE BULL a vice cop → 1972 homosexual sl.  (Bk.)
► VICTORIA a vice cop → 1972 homosexual sl.  (Bk.)
► WAL a policeman → 1944 Aust. sl.
► WALLER a law enforcement official; a police officer, from the fact that policeman often search for clues or criminals near darkened walls → 1925 US criminals’ sl. 
► WALLOPER a police officer, because of the blows given by a police officer’s billy club → 1904 Aust. criminals’ sl. 
► WALLY a uniformed police officer, esp. a constable → 1970 Brit. sl.
► WATER-BOBBY a river policeman → L19 sl.
► WHIP a police squad leader → 1958 US sl.
► WHIRLY PIG a helicopter-borne police officer → 1970 US sl.
► WHITE SHIRT a high-ranking police officer → 1995 US sl.
► WIGGY MAN a cop → 2006 Amer. teen & high school sl. (Bk.)
► WOLLY a uniformed police officer, esp. a constable → 1970 Brit. sl.
► WOODENTOP a uniformed police officer → 1982 UK sl.
► WOODY a uniformed police officer → 1982 UK sl.
► WOOLLY a uniformed police officer → 1965 Brit. sl.
► WOOLY BEAR a female police officer → 1995 citizens band radio sl. (Bk.)
► WOPSIE a female police constable; from WPC → 1992 Brit. police sl. obs. (Bk.)
► WORM a policeman → 1864 sl. obs.
► YOULLIE a nickname formerly given to the police in Edinburgh by idle boys or bad characters → 1825 Sc.
► YOWLIE a policeman → 1925 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► ZABIST a policeman → 1925 US sl.
► ZAPTIEH a Turkish policeman → 1869
► ZARP 1. a member of the Boer police force in the pre-1902 South African Republic → 1895
2. a police officer → 1925 US criminals’ sl.
► ZOMBI ► ZOMBIE a policewoman; usually in the plural → 1956 UK sl.
► ZURUCKER a police trooper → 1947 Aust. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► ABSCOTCHALATER one in hiding from the police → 1921 sl. (Bk.)
► BABYLON the police; a prison warder → 1940s sl., orig. W. Indies, then UK & US Black
► COPPER-SLOSHER one who picks fights with the police → L19 sl.
► KNOWN a person who is known to the police; a suspicious character → 1973 police sl.
► POLICE-MONGER a person who is preoccupied with the policing of a community → 1808
► YIP one who complains to the police → 1933 criminals’ sl.