полица́й

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nounmasculineanimatecountable

1.
auxiliary policeman (Nazi collaborator), collaborator police officerhistory
Дере́вню сожгли́ не́мцы и полица́и.
The village was burned down by the Germans and the auxiliary policemen.
Recruited by the Nazi authorities from among collaborating locals in the occupied territories; strongly pejorative.
2.
cop, pig
На пло́щади нас встре́тили полица́и в шле́мах.
On the square we were met by cops in helmets.
Colloquial and insulting, applied to present-day police.

Examples

Его деда расстреляли полицаи.
His grandfather was shot by auxiliary policemen.
Полицаи служили немцам во время войны.
The auxiliary policemen served the Germans during the war.
В деревне все боялись местного полицая.
Everyone in the village was afraid of the local auxiliary policeman.

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