List of Police-related Slang Terms - F

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Fakabát

Wooden coat Hungarian slang. After the wooden guard posts placed on street corners.

Farbror Blå

Uncle Blue Swedish slang, blue due to their appearance (color of their uniform). The nickname originates from the children's book "Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender", by Elsa Beskow, where "Uncle Blue" is one of the characters.

Feds

Usually used in the United States to refer to higher federal law enforcement agencies, especially the F.B.I., recently caught on in Great Britain owing to the spread of American media. Also widely used in Australia as a slang term for Australian Federal Police.

Federales

Spanish/Mexican Feds.

Feebs

Often used derogatorily in the United States by municipal and state officers to refer the F.B.I. when they feel a possible jurisdictional confrontation.

Filth

Normally "The Filth", UK, the police. Also common in Australia, as with many other originally British police-related terms (especially given Australia's origins as a Commonwealth Nation with strong British influences, notably in law and policing origins).

(Name of city)'s Finest

Used in either admiration, or slightly derisive irony, in the US and UK. In New York City, the term has been adapted to other civil servants, such as "New York's Bravest" (the Fire Department), "New York's Strongest" (the Department of Sanitation), and "New York's Boldest" (the Department of Correction).

First Bunch of Idiots

Referring to the F.B.I., the federal law enforcement arm of the United States.

Fish Cop

Derogatory term for Fish and Wildlife Officers and Conservation Officers in Canada, particularly Alberta and British Columbia.

Fist Bandit Teamsters

Refers to SWAT teams in Australia.

Five-0

Originated from the 1960s show Hawaii Five-0.

Flatfoot

A term that refers to the large amount of walking that a police officer would do, thus causing flat feet.

Flat Top

A term for a police car without lights on top.

Flic

French slang for a policeman. Commonly used in the form les flics.

Flik

Belgian slang for a policeman. It is derived from the French word Flic. The word is mainly used in the Flemish part of Belgium. There is also a known police series called "Flikken".

Force

UK, as in "police force".

Fruko

Turkish slang term for the police. Usage of this term reached its peak in the 1960s and 1970s among the university youth, especially those with a left-wing tendency or those otherwise inclined to partake in political demonstrations. The term is believed to derive from the pop brand Fruko, as the officers of Toplum Polisi (Community Police – a special police unit formed in 1965 to deal with public demonstrations and other politically influenced incidents -) riding on their vans in groups of 6 or more wearing their oval hard hats resembled pop bottles juxtaposed in a bottle container. (Plural: Frukolar)

Folks or Tha Folks

Southern Louisiana, rarely used.

Fuzz

First appeared in the 1920s, corruption of "force" (see above). The term was used in the title of Hot Fuzz, a 2007 police-comedy film.

Fuzzy Muff

Similar to the Fuzz created by the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the Ali G show.