unpolicemanly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ policemanly.

Adjective[edit]

unpolicemanly (comparative more unpolicemanly, superlative most unpolicemanly)

  1. Unbefitting or uncharacteristic of a policeman
    • 2007, Robert Barnard, A Fall from Grace: A Novel of Suspense, page 109:
      He was being unpolicemanly. “I can't believe he'd commit suicide. And why should it be an accident? He was perfectly steady on his pins.”