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billy a club, esp. that of a policeman; billy club.
bull1 (slang) a policeman. [1/9 definitions]
officer a policeman or policewoman. [1/3 definitions]
on the pad (slang) of a policeman, accepting a share of graft payments.
plainclothesman a policeman, esp. a detective who wears civilian clothes while on duty.
police officer a member of a police force; policeman or policewoman.
synecdoche a figure of speech in which one term is used representatively for another by substituting a part for the whole or the specific for the general, or the reverse of these, such as "wheels" for "car" or "the police" for "a policeman".