Copper
Copper noun - A member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level.
Usage example: a crime novel set in the days when policemen were coppers and safecrackers were “yeggs”
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Sergeant and copper are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sergeant" instead a noun "Copper".
Sergeant
Sergeant noun - Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal.
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The Sergeant, although a classic "bent copper", remains cordial despite the Inspector constantly foiling his schemes, which he passes off as cordial rivalry.
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Break of Dark had Sergeant Nice; a copper who volunteered to do school talks, cycling proficiency tests and saves worms from being trampled on the station doormat.
Source: Old-Fashioned Copper -
Funetik Aksent: In the "Burglar Hides in the Library" sketch, the police sergeant's signs transcribe the accent of the stereotypical East End copper: "'Allo 'allo 'allo" and "'Orl right Wilkins, we know yer 'iding in 'ere".
Source: Series / At Last The 1948 Show
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