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PLU - POLIR

PLUCK, PLUCKY - adjectives
• GALLOWS spirited, sprightly; plucky; smart in appearance ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GALLUS spirited, sprightly; plucky; smart in appearance ...1865 Eng. dial.
• GAME AS NED KELLY plucky, courageous, willing to go up against overwhelming odds ...1930s Aust. sl.
• GAMEY spirited, plucky; showing fight to the last ...1844
• GAMON'D plucky, courageous, 'game' ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMY spirited, plucky; showing fight to the last ...1844
• GOOD-WOOLLED of persons: having plenty of dash and pluck, spirited; gifted with unflinching courage ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GUTSBALL courageous, spirited, plucky; robust ...1963 Amer. sl.
• GUTSY courageous, brave, spirited, plucky, robust ...1890 Amer. sl.
• GUTTY courageous, brave, spirited, plucky, robust ...1942 Amer. sl.
• RARE GAM plucky, spirited ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SPUNKIE plucky, mettlesome ...B1900 Sc.
• V.C. plucky, courageous ...L19 sl. (Victoria Cross)
pluck, plucky - nouns
• APPROOF courage, pluck tried by experience ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• GAM † gameness, pluck ...1888 sl.
• GAME courage, pluck, spirit, endurance ...1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HACKLE courage, pluck ...M19 sl.
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
• SANDINESS the quality of having 'sand' or pluck ...1897 US sl.
• SAVOUR wit, spirit, pluck ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SPUNK spirit, mettle; courage, pluck ...1773
pluck, plucky - person 
• BLUE HEN'S CHICK a good fighter; a person with spirit or pluck ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLUE HEN'S CHICKEN a good fighter; a person with spirit or pluck ...1799 Amer. dial.
pluck, plucky - verbs
• HAVE HAIR ON ONE'S CHEST to be brave, to be plucky ...1950s sl.

PLUCK (pull) - verbs
• DECERP † to pluck off or out; to extract, to excerpt; to tear apart ...1531
• DECERPT † to pluck off or out; to extract, to excerpt ...a1612
• RAMP † to snatch, to tear, to pluck; to pull suddenly or sharply ...1567
• RANCH †* to pull, to pluck ...1579
• RASE † to pull or pluck ...1375
• RAUNCH †* to pull, to pluck ...1579
• STAND TRUE VERMIN * to show pluck and persistency ...1834
• TIRE †* to tear, to tear at, to pluck ...c1374
• TIRL † to pluck at; to pluck at the strings of a harp or the like so as to cause them to sound ...c1470
 
PLUCKED - adjectives
• DECERPTIBLE †* that may be cropped or plucked off ...1727
plucked - nouns
• DECERPTION †* a cropping off, or pulling away; that which is plucked off ...1657

PLUG - nouns
• LITTLE BROWN JUG a sink or bath plug; an electric plug; a tampon ...1992 UK rhyming sl.

PLUM - nouns
• PAIP, PAPE, PEP the stone of a cherry, plum, or other stone fruit; an orange pip, etc. ...1721 Sc.
 
PLUMBER - nouns, person
• DUNNY-DIVER a plumber ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• LEADER †* a plumber ...c1440 
• TIN KNOCKER a tinsmith, a plumber ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
PLUMP - adjectives
• BALLOCH strong, plump ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATIE round; plump ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILSHIE short and stout; plump and thriving ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BONNY healthily plump; looking well ...L16 Eng. dial.
• BOOZY bulky; plump; stout ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOUSY large, bulky, plump ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CORSY † corpulent, fat, plump, big-bodied, stout ...c1440
• DAINTY plump and thriving, as regarding a child ...a1698 Sc.
• DENTY pleasant, agreeable; worthy, excellent; fine, handsome; plump and thriving, as regarding a child ...a1698 Sc.
• FLESHFUL † abounding in flesh, fat, plump ...1552
• JOLLY big, great, plump ...M19
• MEATY plump ...20C
• NUBBIE short and plump, dumpy ...B1900 Sc.
• PUFFY fat, plump 
• ROLL-ABOUT * fat, plump, podgy, roly-poly ...1815
• SAPPIE plump, fat, fleshy, not shrunken or shrivelled ...a1801 Sc.
• SAPPY † fat; plump ...1694 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SPUDDY short and fat or plump; thickset ...a1825
• THRODDY plump, well-grown, in good condition, sleek; dumpy ...1740 Eng. dial.
• TISTY-TOSTY plump and comely; round like a ball ...1888 Eng. dial.
• WALLIE of persons and animals: big and strong, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WALLY of persons and animals: big and strong, robust, plump, buxom, thriving, sturdy ...1722 Sc.
• WELL-COVERED plump, fleshy, fat ...1930s sl.
• WELL-UPHOLSTERED plump, fleshy, fat ...1930s sl.
plump - person
• ARMFUL a plump woman ...20C Aust. sl.
• BALLOCH a plump, short person; ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BILSH a short, plump person; a thriving, stout person or animal ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BIT OF CRUMB a plump, attractive woman ...Bk1909 UK sl.
• BUTTERBALL a plump person ...1868 Amer. sl.
• FATTY CAKE a young woman with a plump, well-rounded figure ...20C sl.
• FUBS † a small chubby person; a plump young person or child; chiefly used as a term of endearment ...1614
• GEORGIE-PORGIE, GEORGY-PORGY a plump male child ...c1870 colloq.
• POT a plump person ...1956 US sl
• THRODDY a plump, thriving child ...1825 Eng. dial.
• THRODDY MAY a plump, good-looking girl ...1939 Amer. dial.
plump - person, other
• FAT-FANCIER a man who prefers plump women ...19C sl.
• FAT-MONGER a man who prefers plump women ...19C sl.
plump - verbs 
• RAISE IN FLESH † to make plump ...1608
 
PLUNDER, PLUNDERING - adjectives
• DIREPTITIOUS † characterized by pillaging, plundering, or robbery ...1532
• HARRYING robbing, plundering ...1898 Sc.
• HERRYING robbing, plundering ...1898 Sc.
• LATROCINY † highway-robbery; brigandage, freebooting, plundering ...c1430
• LATRONAGE †* robbery, brigandage ...1619
• MANUBIAL †* belonging to or having reference to the spoils of war ...1674
• MANUBIARY †* pert. to the spoils of war ...1658
• ON THE MARAUD * intent on plundering ...1839
• PREDATITIOUS † adj. characterized by plundering, pillaging, or robbing; predatory ...1659
• REIF plundering, robbing ...Bk1904 Sc.
plunder, plundering - nouns
• ACQUISITIVE plunder, booty, pickings ...Bk1921 sl.
• BOOT † booty; spoil; plunder ...1598
• CARAVAN † an object of plunder ...1688 thieves' cant
• CHOP-UP a division of plunder ...1966 Aust. criminals' sl.
• DISE loot, plunder; effects that can readily be disposed of in the market as new  goods; 'merchandise' ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• FANG † that which is caught or taken; captured game; booty, plunder, spoils ...1016 obs. exc. Sc.
• HARROWING plundering, sacking of a country ...1599
• HARRYING warlike incursion; devastation, laying waste; ravaging, plundering, raiding ...c900
• HERRIMENT the act of robbing or plundering ...1787 Sc.
• HERRYING the act of robbing or plundering ...1887 Sc.
• MANUBIARY †* the trade of plunder ...1616
• MARAUD * the act of raiding or plundering ...1837
• QUOTA a share of plunder ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• RAFF spoil, plunder ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAPINE the act or practice of seizing and taking away by force the property of others; plunder, pillage, robbery ...a1420
• RAPTURE † the act of seizing and carrying off as prey or plunder ...1608
• REIF robbery, rapine, plunder ...1791 Sc.
• RENT plunder, booty ...Bk1903 cant
• RIEF robbery, rapine, plunder ...1791 Sc.
• SACK * plundered goods ...1859
• SACKAGE * 1. the act of sacking a city, etc. ...1577-87
†* 2. booty, plunder ...1609
• SKINNING †* fleecing, plundering ...1686
• SWAG plunder; booty ...sl.
plunder, plundering - person  (includes PLUNDERER)
• GLED † a person of a greedy disposition; one who preys upon his fellow men; a rapacious person; a plunderer ...1823 Sc.
• HARPY a rapacious, plundering, or grasping person; one that preys upon others ...1589
• LATRON † a robber, a brigand, a plunderer ...1613
• MANUBIARY †* one who lives by plunder ...1623
• MARAUDER one who roves in quest of plunder; a freebooter, a plunderer ...1698
• RABIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• RAPINER * a plunderer ...1843
• RAPPAREE an Irish pikeman or irregular soldier, of the kind prominent during the war of 1688-92; hence, an Irish bandit, robber, plunderer, or freebooter; any ruffianly vagabond ...1690
• RAPTOR † a plunderer, a robber ...1667
• REAVE † a robber, a plunderer ...1793 Sc. 
• REAVER a robber, a plunderer; esp. a border thief ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROBIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• RUBIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• SACKER one who sacks or plunders ...1589
• SCAUMER † a pirate, a plunderer; a cattle-lifter ...1836 Sc.
• TAKER one who takes something from another by force or wrongfully; a robber, a thief, a plunderer, a pilferer ...1500-20
plunder, plundering - verbs
• BEZZLE † to plunder to spoil; to make away with the property of others ...c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLOB to plunder ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HARASS † to lay waste, to devastate, to plunder ...a1618
• HARRY † to plunder, to carry off in a marauding raid (cattle, etc.) ...1579 obs. exc. Sc.
• HERRY to rob, to plunder, to pillage; used esp. of robbing birds' nests ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MARAUD to make a raid for the purpose of plundering ...1711
• PANYAR to seize as plunder, to raid, to steal; to kidnap natives as slaves ...1735 W. Afr.
• PICK FEATHERS OFF † to plunder ...1677
• RAIM † to put to ransom, to exact ransom from; hence, to spoil, to plunder, to deprive of ...c1330
• RAME to steal, to rob, to plunder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE to ransack, to search for closely; to plunder ...1802 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial. 
• RAPE * to rob, to strip, to plunder a place ...a1721
• RAPINE †* to commit rapine; to plunder, to carry off as loot ...1580
• REAVE to rob, to steal, to plunder; to bereave of ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SACK to strip a person or place of possessions or goods; to plunder, to despoil ...a1547
• SACKAGE † to plunder ...1585
• SCOFF to filch, to steal, to plunder, to sponge ...1885 Sc.
• SKECK †* to make a raid on; to plunder ...c1330
• SKICK †* to make a raid on; to plunder ...a1300
• TO-REAVE † to commit robbery or plunder; to rob, to plunder, to deprive by violence of ...a1300
 
PLUNDERED - adjectives
• HARRIED plundered, robbed, pillaged ...1844 Sc.
 
PLUNGE, PLUNGING - nouns
• DEMBLE a plunge, as in liquid ...B1900 Sc.
• HEADER a headfirst fall; a plunge or dive head foremost ...1849 colloq.
• IMMERGENCE the act of plunging or sinking into anything ...1859
• IMMERSEMENT * a plunge, a plunging ...1827
• WALLOP a violent, heavy, clumsy, noisy movement of the body; a plunging, floundering, lurching, etc. ...1820 chiefly Sc. & colloq.
plunge, plunging - verbs 
• BESENCH † to cause to sink, to submerge, to plunge down, to overwhelm ...971
• DEMBLE to dip or plunge in liquid; to splash ...B1900 Sc.
• IMMERGE * 1. to dip, to plunge, to put under the surface of a liquid; to immerse ...1624
* 2. to plunge or dip oneself in a liquid; to sink ...1706
• IMPLUNGE * to plunge in or into ...1590
• KEAVE to plunge ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR to plunge ...1818 Sc.
• SCOWSH to plunge into water ...1885 Eng. dial.
• WALLOP to move clumsily or convulsively; to flounder, to plunge ...1715 Eng. dial. & colloq.
 
PLUNGED - adjectives
• BEDOVE † immersed, plunged ...a1000
• BEDOVEN † immersed, plunged ...a1000 obs.
 
PNEUMONIA - adjectives
• CHESTY of tuberculosis or pneumonia: weak in the chest ...20C colloq.
pneumonia - nouns 
• AMONIA pneumonia ...1982 Bahamas sl.
 
POACHER - person
• BLACK † one of a band of poachers who went about their work with blackened faces ...1722
• BLACK-FISHER one who catches salmon just after spawning; a night poacher of fish ...1809
• BLACK GEORGE a poacher ...1889 Eng. dial.
• GAME STEALER a person who steals game; a poacher ...1771
• GAP-MAKER a hedge-breaker; a poacher ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MOOCHER a person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer; also, an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief ...a1425 chiefly colloq.
• MOOTCHER an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief ...1911 sl.
• MOUCHER a person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer; also, an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief ...a1425 chiefly colloq.
• PLOGGER a poacher ...1989 Amer. dial. 
 
POCKET - adjectives
• DOWN SOUTH hidden, buried; in one's pocket ...1910s Aust. sl.
pocket - nouns 
• BARNEY MOKE a pocket ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'poke'
• BOTTLE POCKET the left side trousers pocket ...1980 Amer. dial.
• BREECH the rear pants pockets, designated right and left breech ...Bk1914 pickpockets' sl. 
• BUDGE a place inside the breast of a coat, shirt, or dress where small articles are kept ...1903 Amer. dial.
• CLY a pocket ...c1690 thieves' cant
• DAVY CROCKETT a pocket ...1956 theatrical rhyming sl.
• DOODLE-SACK a pocket ...L18 sl.
• FAB a fob, a small pocket; a tobacco pouch ...1811 Sc.
• GARRET the fob-pocket ...1812 sl.
• GROPUS a coat-pocket ...B1900 sl.
• GULLY-FLUFF the fluff, dirt, etc., which accumulates in the pockets ...B1900 colloq.
• INSIDER an inside pocket ...1925 US criminals' sl. 
• IRISHMAN'S POCKET a pocket that is both large and empty ...20C US sl.
• JAG a pocket ...1825 Sc.
• JAGGET a full sack or pocket, hanging awkwardly, and dangling at every motion ...1808 Sc.
• KECK a pocket ...L19 sl.
• KEEK a pocket ...L19 sl.
• KEEK-CLOY a trouser pocket ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• KICK a trouser pocket ...1846 US sl.
• LOCKER a pocket ...1836 US nautical sl.
• MOUSE a pocket ...1940s US Black sl.
• NUFF-NUFF the stuff that collects in the pockets of old suits and overcoats ...1973 Amer. dial.
• OUTSIDER an outside pocket ...1910s US criminals' sl.
• PAISLEY MITTENS the trouser pockets; used jocularly to imply laziness in Paisley men ...1868 Sc.
• PENNY LOCKET a pocket ...1998 Brit. rhyming sl.
• PIT a pocket ...1811 sl.
• POKE a wallet, pocket, or purse ...1859 Amer. sl.
• RAISE a pocket ...1940s US Black sl.
• SACK a pocket ...L17 cant
• SALT-BOX CLY the outside coat pocket, with a flap ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• SIDEKICK a side-pocket ...1916 US criminals' sl.
• SIDE-KICKER a side-pocket ...1903 US criminals' sl.
• SKY a pocket ...1890 rhyming sl., (Sky-Rocket)
• SKY-ROCKET a pocket ...1879 rhyming sl.
• SLIDE a trouser pocket ...1932 US sl.
• SOCK † a pocket ...1699 criminals' sl.
• TAIL KICK the pocket in a tailcoat ...16C UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL PIT the side pocket of a coat ...1937 US pickpockets' sl.
• TANNER CASE a pocket ...E19 sl.
• UPSTAIRS the inside breast-pocket ...1933 US criminals' sl.
• WALLIES pockets in an under-waistcoat ...1825 Sc.
• WALLISES pockets to under-waistcoat ...Bk1905 Sc.
pocket - verbs
• DIVE INTO ONE'S SKY to put one's hand in one's pocket, esp. to remove money ...L19 sl.
• IMPOUCH †* to put into a pouch, bag, or pocket ...1611

POCKETBOOK - nouns
• INSIDER a pocketbook stolen from an inside pocket ...1846 US criminals' sl.
• PORTEMONNAIE, PORTMONEY a change purse, a pocketbook ...1850 Amer. dial.
• UXTER a pocketbook or purse ...1896 UK criminals' sl.

POCKETKNIFE - nouns
• DALLAS SPECIAL a pocketknife with a blade longer than the legal limit ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HAWKBILL a pocketknife with a hooked blade ...1966 Amer. dial.
• JACKALEGS a pocketknife; a large clasp knife ...1790 Eng. dial.
• JACKILEGS a pocketknife; a large clasp knife ...1790 Eng. dial.
• JACKYLEGS a pocketknife; a large clasp knife ...1790 Eng. dial.
• JOCKALEGS a pocketknife; a large clasp knife ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NIGGER JIGGER (derogatory) a large pocketknife with blades that fold in and out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER KILLER n. (derogatory) a large pocketknife with blades that fold in and out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER STICKER (derogatory) a large pocketknife with blades that fold in and out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PIG-STICKER a bayonet, a knife, esp. a large folding knife; a pocketknife ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SHUT-KNIFE a large pocketknife with blades that fold in and out ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-STABBER a large knife, sword, or bayonet; now esp. a large folding knife, a pocketknife ...1877 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-STICKER a large knife, sword, or bayonet; now esp. a large folding knife, a pocketknife ...1847 Amer. dial.

POCKET MONEY - verbs
• KEEP ONE'S POOCH to provide with pocket money ...1929 Sc.

POD - nouns
• SHALE † the pod of peas or beans; a shell; a husk ...OE
 
PODGY - adjectives
• ROLL-ABOUT * fat, plump, podgy, roly-poly ...1815
 
POEM - nouns
• CANTICLE † a canto of a poem ...1596
• CANTON † one of the divisions of a long poem, a canto ...1609
• ECONOMY † the structure or arrangement of a poem, play, etc. ...1671
• ITHYPHALLIC a poem of licentious or indecent character ...1778
• LAY a short lyric or narrative poem intended to be sung ...a1240
• LYRIC a lyric poem ...a1586
• MARTIALS † poems about wars ...1589 nonce use
• TAG the refrain or catch of a song or poem ...1793
• VERSELET a little verse; a small poem ...1836
• VERSEMANSHIP * verse-making ...1762
• VERSEMONGERY the writing of bad verse ...1836
• YED † a song, a poem, a speech, a tale, a riddle ...c1205
 
POET - person
• BAIRD a poet or bard; in old laws contemptuously applied to those strolling rhymers who were wont to oppress the lieges ...1825 Sc.
• BALLAD-MAKER a ballad poet ...1565
• BARD 1. one of an ancient Celtic order of minstrel-poets whose primary function appears to have been to compose and sing (usually to the harp) verses celebrating the achievements of chiefs and warriors, and who committed to verse historical and tradition facts, religious precepts, laws, genealogies, etc.; used for 'poet' in modern Celtic languages; in Welsh, a poet or versifier who has been recognized at the Eisteddfod ...c1450
2. a lyric or epic poet; a poet generally ...1667 poetic usage
• BARDESS * a female bard, a poetess ...1822
• BARDIE a minor poet; a humble bard ...1773 Sc. 
• BARDLET a young or inexperienced poet ...1867
• BARDLING a young or inexperienced poet ...1813
• BAVIUS an incompetent or bad poet ...Bk1894
• BAY-LEAF EATER a poet ...Bk1922
• BEAT POET any of a group of American poets who emerged chiefly in California in the 1950s and were noted for their rejection of social and poetic conventions ...1955 orig. US
• DACTYLIST †* a writer or poet of dactylic verse ...1785
• FACTIST † a poet or play-maker ...Bk1696
• IAMBIST a poet or writer of iambic verse - a writer of iambics ...1839
• IAMBOGRAPHER a poet or writer of iambic verses ...1625-6
• LEOTH-SCOP † a poet ...c1205
• LYRIC † a lyric poet ...1594
• LYRIST a lyric poet ...1813
• MAKER † a poet ...1387-8 obs. exc. arch.
• POETER a poet ...1838 Sc.
• POET-SUCKER † an immature or inexperienced poet ...1614
• RHYME-SLINGER a poet ...Bk1903 sl.
• SAPPHO a poetess ...Bk1922
• SAYAR a narrator or author; a poetical writer; a poet ...c1460 Sc.
• SAYER † a poet, a narrator ...1513
• SCALD, SKALD an ancient Scandinavian poet; in general, a poet ...1763
• SCALDER † a skald; an ancient Scandinavian poet; in general, a poet ...1765
• SINGER a composer of poetry or verse; a poet ...1560
• VATES a poet or bard, especially one who is divinely inspired; a prophet-poet ...1625
• VERSE-FELLOW † a fellow or companion verse-maker ...1592
• VERSEMAKER one who makes or writes verses; a poet ...1647
• VERSEMAN a man who writes verse; a poet; later, a minor poet or versifier ...1652
• VERSEMONGER a versifier, esp. one who writes poor or indifferent verse; a poetaster ...1634
• VERSER a writer of verse; a poet ...c1611
poet - person, other
• BARDIST †* an adherent or follower of the bards ...1588

POETICAL - adjectives
• NUMBERY † poetical, metrical, melodious ...1598
 
POETRY - nouns
• GAY SCIENCE, THE the art of poetry ...1813
• HARPING verses, poetry, 'song' ...1819
• RHYMING-WARE † compositions in rhyme; poetry ...1785 Sc.
poetry - verbs 
• CLIMB PARNASSUS to write poetry ...1774
• MAKE to compose poetry ...1876 Sc.
 
POINT - nouns
• ACUMINATION 1. the product of sharpening; a tapering point ...1659
2. the act of sharpening or bringing to a point ...1837
• CACUMEN a top or point 
• NEB the tip or point of anything; the peak of a cap or bonnet; the toe of a shoe; the extremity of anything ending in a point or narrowed part ...1611
• RANNY-POINT a long, sharp point ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANG anything ending in a point; a knife; a piece of iron used for fencing ...1784 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAPPIE-TOORIE anything raised very high to a point ...1895 Sc.
• TINE the prong of a fork; the point of any implement ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIPLET a small or minute tip or point ...1890
• YARRAGE an edge, corner, sharp point ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
point - verbs 
• ACUMINATE †* to rise or taper to a point ...1641
 
POINT (direct) - verbs
• SIGHT to point or show the way ...1952 Amer. dial.
 
POINT-BLANK - adjectives
• LEVEL * plain, point-blank ...1820
 
POINTED - adjectives
• ACULEATE pointed, incisive, stinging ...1605
• NEAPED pointed; terminating in a peak ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PEAKY, PEEKY sharply pointed ...1869 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
• PICKED sharp-pointed ...1791 Amer. dial.
pointed - nouns
• ACULEATION * the state of being sharpened or pointed ...1870
pointed - verbs 
• ACUMINATE to sharpen, to make pointed; to give poignancy or keenness to ...1611
• FASTIGATE † to make pointed; to become pointed ...1623
• FASTIGIATE to make pointed at the top like a gable; to taper to a point ..1656
 
POINTLESS - adjectives
• OFF THE WALL adj. odd, eccentric; crazy; obnoxious, offensive, pointless ...1937 US sl.
pointless - nouns
• JACK-OFF an act of masturbation; hence, fig. something worthless or pointless ...1930s US sl.
pointless - verbs 
• MILK OVER THE CAN to discourse pointlessly or beyond the mark ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PISS UP A ROPE to do something pointless ...1964 sl.
• PISS UP THE END OF A ROPE to do something pointless ...1939 sl.
 
POISE - nouns
• PAISE poise, balance ...1867 Eng. dial.
poise - verbs 
• FALL APART to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one's feelings; to lose one's usual poise and confidence ...1930s sl.
• MAINTAIN YOUR COOL to stay calm, poised ...1960s Amer. sl.
 
POISON, POISONOUS - adjectives
• ACONICKE † poisonous ...1626
• ARRAND-POISON exceedingly poisonous or infectious ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARRAND-SMITTLE exceedingly poisonous or infectious ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATTERING poisonous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LUSTY † of poison: strong, powerful ...a1649
• VENEFIC † practising or dealing in poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects ...1646
• VENEFICAL † practising or dealing in poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects ...1609
• VENEFICIAL † practising or dealing in poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects ...a1646
• VENEFICIOUS * practising or dealing in poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects ...1904
• VENEFICOUS * practising or dealing in poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects ...1657
• VENENATE † poisoned; infected or imbued with poison or poisonous properties ...1633
• VENENE * poisonous, venomous ...1665
• VENENIFEROUS * flowing with or discharging venom, bearing poison ...1656
• VENENIFLUOUS * flowing with or discharging venom, bearing poison ...1891
• VENENOSE * poisonous, venomous ...1673
• VENENOUS * poisonous, venomous ...c1425
• VENOMFUL † venomous, poisonous ...1544
poison, poisonous - nouns
• ACONITE deadly poison ...1597 poetic
• ATTER poison, venom ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ATTERIL poisonous matter from an ulcer or wound ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANE poison ...1580 Eng. dial.
• BISH poison ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• BLACK BOTTLE a poisonous drink ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BLACK DRAUGHT a poisonous drink ...1935 Amer. dial.
• GALL † poison, venom ...1340
• GO-AWAY MEDICINE poison gas ...Amer. World War I sl.
• TOAD-POOL † a mass of corrupt poisonous matter ...1607
• VENEFICE † the practice of employing poison or magical potions; the exercise of sorcery by such means ...c1380
• VENEFY † the practice of employing poison or magical potions; the exercise of sorcery by such means ...1616
• VENENATION † the act of poisoning ...1646
• VENENOSITY † poisonous quality or property ...1539
• VENIN † venom, poison ...c1330
• VENOM * poison, esp. as administered to or drunk by a person; any poisonous or noxious substance ...c1290
• VENOMING † poison ...a1470
• VENOMNESS * the quality of being poisonous, venomousness ...1543
• VENOMOUSHEAD † the quality of being poisonous, venomousness ...a1400
• VENOMOUSTY † the quality of being poisonous, venomousness ...1377
poison, poisonous - person
• BANER * he who kills, poisons, destroys, or ruins ...1605
• VENEFIC † one who practises poisoning as a secret art; a sorcerer or sorceress; a wizard or witch ...1651
• VENOMER * one who administers venom; a poisoner ...1647
poison, poisonous - verbs 
• BELLAN to poison ...1814 Eng. dial.
• FAKE to shoot, to wound, to hit or cut; to poison ...E19 sl.
• IMPOTIONATE †* to poison ...1563-87
• VENENATE † to poison; to render poisonous ...1623
• VENIN † to poison ...a1500
• VENOM to poison a person, etc. ...c1320 arch.

POISONED - adjectives
• AMPERED poisoned, festered; decayed ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BELLANED of men or animals: poisoned by particles of lead ore ...1882 Eng. dial.
• EXTOXICATE †* poisoned ...1430
• HOT poisoned ...2002 UK sl.
• IMPOTIONATE †* poisoned ...1583
• VENENATE † poisoned; infected or imbued with poison or poisonous properties ...1633
 
POISON IVY - nouns
• POISON CREEPER poison ivy ...1898 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH IVY poison ivy ...1960 Amer. dial.
 
​POKE, POKING - nouns
• COB a sharp poke in the anus ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CORNHOLE a sharp poke in the anus ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DUNCH a sharp push or shove; a nudge or poke with the elbow ...1770 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DUNT a blow esp. a heavy or forceful one; later, also a sharp push or shove, esp. a nudge or poke with the elbow ...a1522 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAB a poke, prod, or stab ...c1820 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• NEVEL a groping, prodding, or poking with the fingers, in an indecent sense ...1964 Sc. 
poke, poking - verbs 
• BACKHAND DRIVE to poke someone between the buttocks ...1940s US homosexual sl.
• COB to give someone a sharp poke in the anus ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CORNHOLE to poke someone in the anus ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DABACH to poke, to thrust, to prod ...1939 Sc.
• DAKE to prick with anything sharp; to poke with the finger ...1885 Eng. dial.
• DUNCH to deliver a short, sharp blow to someone or something; to strike, to thump, to push; to knock against, to bump into; to give a person a nudge or poke with the elbow ...a1250 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GILL POKE, JILL POKE to run into an obstruction; to puncture, poke, or known down ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GLOM to jab, to poke ...1941 Amer. dial.
• GOOCH to poke or tickle ...1929 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE to poke or tickle someone suddenly, esp. in the buttocks, or to threaten to do so; to startle ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GOUGE to jab, to poke ...1834 Amer. dial.
• JAB to poke, prod, stab ...c1830 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• JAP to poke with something sharp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• NODGE to push, to press; to strike with the knuckles or elbow, to poke ...1853 Sc. 
• PAKE to poke about; to potter about; to peep at ...1893 Eng. dial.
• PAUT, PAWT to poke or push with the hand or a stick; to stir up; to paw, handle, or finger things ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
• PUG * to poke; to punch; to strike ...E19 Eng. dial.
 
POKER - nouns
• JOLLY JOKER a poker ...20C rhyming sl.
• ORINOKO a poker (pronounced 'orinoker') ...M19 rhyming sl.
• POKING STICK a fire poker ...1954 Amer. dial.
• RECTOR a poker kept only for show ...L19 sl.
• TICKLER a small poker ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
POKER (game) - see CARDS
 
POLAND - adjectives
• POLACK, POLAK Polish ...1964 US sl.
• VARSOVIAN belonging to Warsaw ...1902
Poland - person 
• GALICIAN an inhabitant of Galicia, a region of Poland and West Russia ...1903
• PODUNK a Polish person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• POLACK (mainly derogatory) a Polish immigrant or a person of Polish ancestry; broadly, a central European immigrant, a foreigner ...1855 Amer. dial.
• POLACKER (mainly derogatory) a Polish immigrant or a person of Polish ancestry; broadly, a central European immigrant, a foreigner ...1883 Amer. dial.
• POLANDER a person of Polish birth or descent; broadly, a central European ...1624 Amer. dial.
• POLLACK (somewhat derogatory) a Pole or a person of Polish extraction ...1879 Amer. sl.
• POLLOCK (somewhat derogatory) a Pole or a person of Polish extraction ...1879 Amer. sl.
• POLSKI a person of Polish ancestry; a Polish immigrant ...1950 Amer. dial.
• POSKI (derogatory) a person of Polish ancestry; a Polish immigrant ...1964 Amer. dial.
• ROUNDHEAD a Swedish person; a Norwegian; a Polish person; a Finnish person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SAUSAGE ROLL a Pole ...1940s rhyming sl.
• UMPKE a Polish person ...2005 Amer. dial.
• YAK (derogatory) a nickname for a Pole or a person of Polish descent ...20C US sl.
• ZINSKI a Polish immigrant ...1911 US sl.

POLAR - person
• MACROSCIAN one having a long shadow; an inhabitant of the polar regions ...19C
 
POLAR BEAR - nouns
• NANOOK a polar bear ...1963 Can. sl.
 
POLE - nouns
• BALLOW † a cudgel, a stick, a pole ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BARLING † a pole ...1611
• LEAP-STAFF † a leaping pole ...c1626
• QUANT a long pole with which to propel barges or punts; a walking-stick ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
POLICE - adjectives  (also see DETECTIVE, SHERIFF)
• BUM-BEEFED framed by the police as in the case when drugs are planted in one's pocket by the arresting officer ...1960s US Black sl.
• COP pert. to the police or police culture ...1950s sl.
• COPPERSHY used of one who is terrified of the police ...20C US criminals' sl.
• HOT CROSS BUN on the run (from the police) ...20C rhyming sl.
• ON A PENSION of a policeman: having been bribed ...1996 Brit. sl.
• ON THE CURRANT BUN on the run from the police ...c1920 rhyming sl.
• ON THE FADE evading justice, dodging the police ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• ON THE FADE-OUT evading the police, on the run ...1910s US sl.
• POLICIAL * pertaining to the police ...1843
• READERED wanted by the police ...c1845 cant
• TOSSED searched by the police ...1950s Amer. sl.
• UNMUGGED unphotographed by the police ...1901 US criminals' sl.
police - nouns  (also see POLICE STATION, POLICE VEHICLE, etc.)
• ALABAMA LIE DETECTOR a police baton ...1940s sl., orig. US Black
• ALICE BLUE the police ...1930s US homosexual sl.
• 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 ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BABYLON the police; a prison warder ...1940s sl., orig. W. Indies, then UK & US Black
• 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 police ...1950s 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.
• 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.
• 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 ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• 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.
• ESCLOP the police ...M19 back-slang
• ESILOP the police ...M19 back-slang
• 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 the police ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FORCE, THE. the police ...1868 UK sl.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• KODAK police radar used for measuring vehicle speed ...1976 US sl.
• LAW, THE the police ...18C sl., orig. US
• LILLIAN the police ...1970s homosexual sl.
• LILLY LAW a policeman; the police; used derisively ...1949 US homosexual usage
• LILY LAW a policeman; the police; used derisively ...1949 US homosexual usage
• 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.
• 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.
• NAIL-EM-AND-JAIL-EM the police ...1967 US Black sl.
• NAILERS police ...1950s US Black sl.
• NIGGER-STICK (offensive) a baton carried by policemen, prison warders, etc. ...1971 US sl.
• NUTBAG a mesh restraint used by police to restrain violent people ...1997 US sl.
• OAK TOWEL an oaken cudgel; a wooden club; a policeman's club ...1859 sl.
• OBBO police surveillance of a person, building, etc.; a prison observation room ...c1919 sl.
• OBO police surveillance ...1933 sl.
• OLD BILL a police officer; the police ...1958 UK 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
• POH-POH the police ...1980s US Black sl.
• PLOD, THE the police ...1986 Brit. sl.
• POLIS, THE the police ...c1874 sl., chiefly Irish & Sc.
• PO-PO the police ...1980s US Black 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 UK Black sl.
• RADICS the police ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RADIX the police ...1970s UK Black 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.
• ROMBOYLE the watch (early police) ...M17 cant
• SAM AND DAVE the police, when working in a team of two ...1980s US Black sl.
• SHAKE-DOWN a (police) raid; a search ...1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SHEET a police record of convictions ...1958 US sl.
• SHERLOCK HOLMES the police ...1950s US Black 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 ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• 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.
• 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 US Black 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 US Black sl.
• UNCLE WILF the police ...20C rhyming sl. for 'filth'
• UNION WAGE the police ...1970s US Black sl.
• VERAS the police vice squad ...1996 UK sl.
• VERA VICE the police vice squad ...1950s homosexual sl.
• VICE the vice squad ...1950s sl.
• VICE, THE a police vice squad ...1966 UK sl.
• VICTORIA VICE the police vice squad ...1950s homosexual 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.
police - person
• ACE a police officer ...1949 Amer. sl.
• ACTIVE an enthusiastic and efficient officer ...Bk1984 UK police sl.
• ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE a policeman ...1846 UK sl.
• AGENT any police officer ...1960s US Black sl.
• ANIMAL a policeman, before he became a 'pig' ...Brit. 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 ...Bk1988 US sl.
• BABY-BLUES a policeman ...1957 US sl.
• BABYLON a policeman ...1952 Black sl.
• BACHELOR in police work: an officer who works best alone ...1992 US sl.
• BACON a policeman; the police; used derisively ...1974 Amer. sl.
• 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.
• BAD MAN a dangerous person, usually a police officer or informer ...Bk1992 criminals' 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 ...Bk1890 sl.
• 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 ...Bk2002 US sl.
• BD † a police officer; probably from abbreviation for 'Bloody Detective' ...1900 UK criminals' sl.
• BEAGLE a spy; an informer; a policeman, a detective; also, a general term of contempt ...Bk1891 sl.
• 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 ...Bk1998 New York police sl.
• BEARDED BUDDY any policeman ...Bk1995 euphemism
• BEAR IN THE AIR a police officer in an airplane or a helicopter ...Bk1995 Amer. Citizens' band radio sl.
• BEAST a police officer ...1989 UK sl.
• BEAST-BOY, BEAST-BWOY a policeman ...1994 UK Black sl.
• BEASTMAN a police officer ...Bk1989 Indies 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 ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• BENT COP a dishonest police officer, esp. one who takes bribes ...Bk2000 Aust. sl.
• BENT COPPER a corrupt policeman ...20C sl.
• BETTY BLUE a police officer ...2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
• BIDDY a policeman ...1902 US sl.
• BIG BULL a police chief ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BIG EYE a police detective ...Bk1992 criminals' sl. 
• BIG HAT a law enforcement officer; a policeman; a sheriff ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BIG J big John, a policeman ...Bk1988 criminals' sl.
• BIG JOHN a police officer ...Bk1992 criminals' sl. 
• 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 US Black 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-TRACKER a native policeman employed in tracking down fugitive Blacks and criminals ...1867 Aust.
• BLISTERFOOT someone who walks a lot; a police patrol officer; a soldier, etc. ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BLOCK a policeman ...L19 Sc. criminals' sl.
• BLUE a police officer ...1848
• BLUECOAT a policeman ...1875 Amer. dial.
• BLUEY a policeman ...M19 sl.
• BOBBY a police officer ...1844 Brit. sl.
• BOGEY, BOGY a police officer ...1924 Brit. sl.
• BOOGERMAN a policeman ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOOGEYMAN a policeman ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOSS DICK a cop; a police officer ...Bk2006 US sl.
• 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.
• CAKE a stupid policeman ...Bk1891 Amer. thieves' sl.
• CATCHER a watchman or policeman ...1837 US sl.
• CHARLIE IRVINE a police officer ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHARPERER a policeman ...c1860 sl.
• CHARPERING OMEE a policeman ...c1860 sl.
• CHARPERING OMER a policeman ...c1860 sl.
• CHARPERING OMI a policeman ...L19 sl.
• CHERRY TOP a policeman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• COP a police officer ...1855 colloq.
• COPMAN a policeman ...L19 Aust. sl.
• COPPER a police officer ...1846 sl.
• COPPERMAN a policeman ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• COPPERNOB a policeman ...1910s UK juvenile usage
• COPPER'S-NARK a police spy ...19C sl.
• COUNTY MOUNTIE, COUNTY-MOUNTY 1. a local, rather than state, policeman ...1970s US sl.
2. any policeman ...1990s sl.
• 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 ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CRIME-BUSTER a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime ...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 US Black 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, orig. US
• DOG a detective or police officer, esp. a plainclothesman ...1867 US sl.
• DOG DRIVER (insulting or contemptuous) a police officer ...1977 UK sl.
• DOOLAN a policeman ...1950s Aust. sl.
• DO-RIGHT BOY. a police officer ...1970 US 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 a policeman ...1960s US Black sl.
• ESCLOP a policeman ...Bk1902 back-slang
• FEE GRABBER a policeman; a deputy sheriff; a constable ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FILTH, THE the police, members of the police force ...c1950 criminal 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.
• FOX a police spy; an informer ...Bk1902 sl.
• FROG a policeman ...19C Brit.
• FUR the police ...Bk1990 Amer.sl.
• FUZZ a policeman or detective; the police ...1929 sl., orig. US
• FUZZ MAN the police; a detective; a jail keeper ...Bk1990 Amer.sl.
• FUZZY the police; a detective; a jail keeper ...Bk1990 Amer.sl.
• FUZZY TAIL the police; a detective; a jail keeper ...Bk1990 Amer.sl.
• 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 ...Bk2002 UK criminals' sl.
• GAY-STOPPER the police; a police officer ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• GEERUS † a policeman ...1894 Amer. dial.
• 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 ...Bk1864 sl.
• GEORGIE a policeman; a detective ...1929 UK sl.
• GERMANS, THE police officers ...Bk2002 UK criminals' sl.
• GERTRUDE the police; a police officer ...1960 Black 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 ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
• 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.
• GIRLS IN BLUE female police officers ...1998 Aust. sl.
• 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 ...1820 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.
• 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 ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
• 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
• 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 police officer riding a horse ...1942 US sl.
• ICEMAN one who is given bribes by gangsters, etc., as a corrupt policeman ...1960s sl.
• INVISIBLE BLUE policeman ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• JACK a policeman or detective in plain clothes; a military policeman ...1889 sl.
• JOHN a policeman ...M17 sl.
• JOHNDARM a policeman ...M17 sl.
• JOHN HOP a policeman ...1905 Aust. & NZ rhyming sl. for 'cop'
• 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 police officer ...1938 Aust. sl.
• KEYSTONE a police officer ...1935 sl.
• KILLJOY a policeman or any authority figure ...1920s US Black 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 any man or group in charge of an institution, a commanding officer, esp. a prison warden, a policeman ...1910s sl., orig. US
• MAN IN BLUE a policeman ...1896 colloq.
• METROS the police; the metropolitan police ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE a policeman ...Bk1971 US sl.
• MILTONIAN a tramp's or drifter's term for a policeman ...1886 vagrants' & criminals' sl.
• MIN a policeman or policewoman ...Bk1992 prison & criminals' sl.
• MINGRA a police officer ...1979 UK sl.
• MINION OF THE LAW a policeman ...Bk1958 Eng. sl.
• MISS MAN the police; a police officer ...Bk1972 Black homosexual sl.
• MITNEY a sheriff or policeman ...1910 Brit. criminals' sl. 
• MONAYCH a police officer ...1961 Aust.
• MONKEY a Federal police officer ...c1925 US sl.
• MORK † a policeman...1889 criminals' sl.
• 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 ...Bk1997 police usage 
• M.P. a policeman ...M19 Aust. & US sl.
• MUG a policeman ...1903 sl.
• MUSKRA a police officer ...1979 Brit. sl.
• 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 police officer, a constable ...1823 sl.
• NABS, THE. a policeman ...E19 sl.
• NAIL-EM-AND-JAIL-EM a police officer ...1980 US sl.
• NAILER a police officer ...c1863 sl.
• NARC an undercover narcotics officer ...1967 US sl.
• NARK 1. a police officer ...1891 sl.
2. an undercover narcotics officer ...1967 US sl.
• NODDY a motorcycle police officer ...1980 sl.
• OCIFFER a police officer ...1960s US sl.
• ODD a police officer; the police ...1930s sl.
• OFFICERETTE a policewoman ...20C US sl.
• OINK a police officer; used contemptuously ...1970 Amer. sl.
• OINKER a policeman; used contemptuously ...1982 Amer. sl.
• OLD BILL a police officer ...1958 Brit. sl.
• O'MALLEY a policeman ...1990s sl.
• P a policeman, a policewoman ...Bk1988 
• PADDLER a policeman ...1953 Aust. sl.
• PADDY a police officer ...1946 US 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
• PETER JAY a policeman ...1980s US Black sl.
• PIG (derogatory) a police officer ...1811 sl.
• PISTOL-TOTER a policeman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PISTOL-TOTING PETE a policeman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• PLOD a police officer ...1977 Brit. sl.
• PLONK (derogatory)a female police officer ...1983 UK police sl.
• 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.
• 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 ...Bk2002 US criminals' sl. 
• RABBIT-PIE SHIFTER a policeman ...c1870 UK sl.
• RAD a policeman, usually in plural ...1980s UK Black 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.
• ROLLER a police officer ...1964 US sl.
• ROZ a police officer ...1971 sl.
• ROZZER a police officer ...1893 sl.
• SAFTIE † a policeman ...1889 Sc.
• 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. US Black
• 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 ...Bk1995 euphemism Euphemisms Holder 1995
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 a police officer ...1925 US sl.
• SHARMUS a police officer ...1925 US sl.
• SHEPHERD a police spy; an informer ...Bk1902 sl.
• SHERLOCK a policeman or detective ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SHERLOCKO a policeman or detective ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SHOMMUS a police officer ...1925 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.
• 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 a state police officer; sometimes also applied collectively to the state police ...1974 US sl.
• 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 ...Bk1992 US criminals' sl. 
• SPARROW-CATCHER a policeman in a rural town or secluded area ...Bk1992 criminals' sl. 
• SPARROW COP a police officer assigned low-grade duties such as patrolling parks ...1896 US sl.
• SPARROW SUPERVISORS two police officers patrolling a park ...Bk1972 homosexual sl. 
• 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 ...Bk1992 criminals' sl. 
• STATIE a state trooper or police officer ...1934 US sl.
• TAILOR-MADE a plainclothes policeman or detective ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• 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 ...Bk1934 sl.
• TOWN CLOWN a police officer working in a village or small town ...1927 US sl.
• TRAP a police officer ...1705 sl., now Aust.
• UNBOILED LOBSTER a policeman ...Bk1903 sl.
• 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 ...Bk1972 homosexual sl. 
• VICTORIA a vice cop ...Bk1972 homosexual sl. 
• 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.
• WIGGY MAN a cop ...Bk2006 Amer. teen & high school sl.
• 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 ...Bk1995 citizens band radio sl.
• WOPSIE † a female police constable; from WPC ...Bk1992 Brit. police sl. 
• WORM † a policeman ...1864 sl.
• YOULLIE a nickname formerly given to the police in Edinburgh by idle boys or bad characters ...1825 Sc.
• YOWLIE † a policeman ...Bk1925 Sc.
• 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.
police - person, other 
• ABSCOTCHALATER one in hiding from the police ...Bk1921 sl.
• 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.
• YIP one who complains to the police ...1933 criminals' sl. 
police - verbs 
• ACE to survive, esp. to survive intensive police interrogation ...1920s US sl.
• BEAT THE SIDEWALK to walk a police beat ...c1917 Amer. sl.
• BELL to get a driver to stop by ringing the warning bell on a police car ...1934 sl.
• BE ON THE DAM of a policeman: to be in trouble ...c1920 police usage
• BUST of the police: to search a place for drugs, stolen property, etc. ...1971 sl.
• CHAFF DOWN A PEELER to tease a policemen ...M17 sl.
• COOP of a police officer: to park and sleep inside one's patrol car while on duty
• COP A DROP of police: to accept a bribe ...Bk2000 criminal sl.
• FALL to arrive suddenly; usually used of the police ...1940s Aust. sl.
• FLOP in police work: to demote in rank or assignment ...1970 US sl.
• GUMBOOT to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMFOOT to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMHEEL to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMSHOE to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMSHOE to walk a police beat ...20C Amer. sl.
• GYPSY to assign a police officer to duty far away from his usual assignment, usually as a method of punishment ...1970 Amer. police sl.
• HAVE THE LAW ON SOMEONE to report someone to the police ...1800 sl.
• HAVE THE PENCIL PUT ON ONE to be reported to the police ...1929 US sl.
• HOLD COURT IN THE STREET to mete out what a police officer deems justice through physical beatings ...2001 US sl.
• KICK to release from police custody ...1994 US sl.
• LAW to impersonate a policeman ...1940s UK criminals' sl.
• MAKE A BREAK to run away from the police ...1932 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PAD of police: to add to the narcotics confiscated from a suspect in order to render the charge against them more serious ...1972 US sl.
• PASS of a policeman: to masquerade as a 'citizen' ...1950s sl.
• PULL of police: to stop a vehicle; to stop someone for questioning ...1970 UK sl.
• SET-UP to arrange with the police for a pusher or dealer to be 'busted' by marking the money to be used in the transaction; to trick someone; to be framed by the police ...1950s US Black sl.
• SHAKE DOWN of the police: to search a place or person ...1915 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SWALLOW THE ANCHOR to give oneself up to the police ...1980s sl.
• VEST OUT to retire from police service after vesting in the pension plan with 15 years of service ...1997 New York police sl.
police - phrases
• IN THE BIZ BAG in trouble with police management ...1994 US sl.
• ON THE BATTER on the run from the police ...1984 UK sl.
 
POLICE INFORMER, SPY - see INFORM, INFORMER
 
POLICE STATION - nouns
• BABYLON HOUSE a police station ...2000s sl.
• BEAR CAGE a police station ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BILL a police station ...1950s sl.
• BOOBY HATCH a jail; a police station ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BOOBY HOUSE a jail; a police station ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CALLIE a police station ...1919 US tramps' sl.
• CALLY a police station ...1926 Amer. sl.
• CHARPERING CARSEY a police station ...c1870 sl.
• CHOKEY a police station ...Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
• COPPER SHOP a police station ...1910s sl.
• COPPER'S SHANTY a police station ...c1890 sl.
• COP-SHOP a police station ...1941 sl.
• FUZZ STATION a police station ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• GLASSHOUSE a police station ...1960s sl.
• HATCH a jail, a prison; a police station ...1914 Amer. dial.
• IRISH CLUBHOUSE a police station ...1900s US sl.
• NICK a police station ...1957 Brit. sl.
• PALACE a police station ...L19 policemen's sl.
• PAN a police station ...1925 US sl.
• PIG STATION a police station ...1970 sl.
• PISS-HOUSE a police station ...1931 US sl.
• QUOD a police station ...M19 sl.
 
POLICE VEHICLE - nouns
• BAD NEWS WAGON a police car ...1970s sl.
• BILL-WAGON a police patrol wagon ...L19 US sl.
• BARROW a police van ...1940s Aust. sl.
• BLACK ANNIE a police vehicle; a black Maria ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLACK BETSY a police vehicle; a black Maria ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BLUE-LIZ a patrol wagon ...1918 Amer. dial.
• BLUE-SUIT BUGGY the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOOBY WAGON the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BOOGER WAGON the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGEY WAGON the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUBBLE a police car; the light on top of the car ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUBBLEGUM MACHINE a police car; the light on top of the car ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUBBLE-TOP a police car; the light on top of the car ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY the flashing red light on top of a police car ...1976 US sl.
• CHERRYTOP a police car or other official vehicle having a red revolving roof beacon ...1966 US sl.
• CHICKEN COOP a police car or patrol wagon ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CLATTER a patrol wagon ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DINGY a police van ...1970 US sl.
• DORIS a police van ...1965 Barbados sl.
• EYE IN THE SKY a police helicopter ...1992 US sl.
• GONG a warning bell on a police car ...1938 sl.
• GREEN-AND-WHITE a green and white police car ...1991 US sl.
• GUNSHIP 1. in the Metropolitan Police: a Flying Squad car when firearms are being carried ...1999 UK sl.
2. in the Metropolitan Police: an Armed Response Vehicle ...1999 UK sl.
• HAPPY WAGON the vehicle that takes arrested people to the police station or to jail ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HOLSTEIN a police car ...1961 US sl.
• HURRYUP WAGON a police van ...1893 US sl.
• HUSTLE-BUGGY a police car ...1920s US sl.
• JAIL WAGON a patrol wagon ...1868 Amer. dial.
• JAM BUTTY a police car ...1990 UK sl.
• JAM SANDWICH a police car ...1987 Brit. sl.
• KWELA-KWELA a police or prison wagon ...1950s S. Afr. Black sl.
• LAW-CAR a police car ...1970s sl.
• MEAT WAGON a prison-service or police vehicle used for confining and transporting prisoners ...1954 UK sl.
• MICKEY MOUSE EARS the two lights found on top of a police car ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• NARC ARK an undercover narcotic officer's car ...1973 US sl.
• NARK ARK an undercover narcotic officer's car ...1973 US sl.
• NODDY a lightweight police motorcycle ...1964 sl.
• NODDY BIKE a lightweight police motorcycle ...1964 sl.
• NONDY a nondescript vehicle used by the police for maintaining a surveillance ...1999 UK sl.
• ODD a police car ...1930s sl.
• ODD LOT a police car ...1930s sl.
• PADDY'S TAXI n. a police "Panda" car (black and white police patrol car) ...1969 UK sl.
• PADDY WAGON the vehicle in which arrested people are transported to the local police station or prison ...1909 sl., orig. US
• PANDA a black and white police patrol car; hence, a police patrol car ...1966 UK sl.
• PANDA CAR a black and white police patrol car; hence, a police patrol car ...1966 UK sl.
• PARTY HAT the flashing light on top of a police car ...1970s US sl.
• PASTEL an unmarked police car ...1980s US police sl.
• PIE-WAGON a police van or black Maria ...1898 US sl.
• PIG CAR a police car ...1970 sl.
• POLAND-AND-CHINA a black and white police car ...1962 US sl.
• POLECAT a police car ...1976 US sl.
• Q BOAT an unmarked police car with plain clothes officers ...1977 UK sl.
• RATTLER a police van ...1904 US sl.
• SABLE MARIA a police or prison van ...L19 sl.
• SALAD BASKET a police van ...1950s sl.
• SALT AND PEPPER a black and white squad car ...1950s sl., orig. US Black
• SARDINE BOX a prison or police van ...L19 sl.
• SCOUT CAR a police patrol car ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SCREAMING GASSER a police squad car or patrol wagon moving through traffic with its siren going full-blast ...1940s US Black sl.
• SKY BEAR a police helicopter ...1975 Amer. sl.
• SNOOPERS the flashing lights on top of a police car ...1976 US sl.
• SPEED WAGON a police patrol car ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SPEEDY a police motorcycle ...2000s Irish sl.
• SQUAD a police car ...1974 US sl.
• SQUADROL a small police van ...1961 US sl.
• TAKE-DOWN BRIGHTS the very bright lights on a police car used when ordering a driver to pull over ...1992 US sl.
• UNMARKED an unmarked police car ...1950s US police sl.
• WAGON a police patrol wagon ...L19 US sl.
• WOLF IN THE PACK a traffic police car in the midst of other cars ...1962 US sl.
• WRAPPER an unmarked police vehicle ...1976 US sl., orig. citizens' band radio sl.
• ZOLA BUDD a slow armoured police vehicle ...1980s S. Afr. sl.