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Police - French Slang

LESSON OBJECTIVES

• To improve your understanding of colloquial French.
• To be able to recognise the slang words for policier (policeman) in films and novels.

POLICEMAN

• un flic
• un poulet
• un perdreau

EXAMPLES

• Attention, v'là les flics.
  Watch out, here are the cops.
• Il s'est fait cueillir par les poulets pour excès de vitesse.
  He was nabbed by the cops for speeding.
• Ils sont recherchés par les perdreaux.
  The cops are looking for them.