policier

[ paw-lee-syey ]

noun

, plural po·li·ciers [paw-lee-, syey].

1. French. a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.

Example Sentences

Friedkin won his only Oscar, for best director, for this ferociously entertaining policier, which remains one of the great New York movies, a seedy snapshot of the city as it once existed — at least through the jaundiced perspective of a detective who has his share of blind spots.

From New York Times

Directed by Dominik Moll, this austere Grenoble-set policier raises questions about the prevalence of misogyny in French culture and the country’s high rates of sexual violence.

From New York Times

One of its creators, Anne Landois, was a showrunner and writer for the classic policier “Spiral,” and the other, Gaëlle Bellan, wrote for both “Spiral” and the great spy thriller “The Bureau.”

From New York Times

As he theorizes a culprit, an existential policier plays out against a background of strikes and demonstrations, under constant state surveillance.

From New York Times

The novel has Banville’s name on it, but it is also a classic policier in the Benjamin Black mode.

From New York Times