Cop
Cop noun - A member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level.
Flic
Cop and flic are semantically related in officer of the law topic. Sometimes you can use "Cop" instead a noun "Flic".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Coluche, a famous French stand-up comedian, had a routine called "Le Flic" ("The Cop") in which he played a Meddlesome Patrolman.
Source: Meddlesome Patrolman -
Un Flic - Flic being French for, roughly, "Cop" - is a character study of a dour, serious police officer and a flamboyant, brilliant criminal (played by Richard Crenna, famous for the Rambo movies).
Source: Les Cops Sportif
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Flic and Cop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cop/flic
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Flic or Cop. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cop/flic.
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