FLIC

"FLIC" is a common misspelling or typo for: filch, flak, flick, flip, flit.

Specialty Definition: FLIC

Domain	Definition
Computing	FLIC Functional Language Intermediate Code. An intermediate language used in the Chalmers LML compiler. ["FLIC - A Functional Language Intermediate Code", S. Peyton Jones et al, RR 148, U Warwick, Sep 1989]. (1995-01-31). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Literature	Flic (French). A policeman or sergeant de ville. "Une allusion à l'épée des sergents de ville, ou plutót aux flèches des archers primitifs" (Raille). Hence "flic-flacs," thumps and thwacks. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: FLIC

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
FLIC	English	Film Library Information Council	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: FLIC

Non-English Usage: "FLIC" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (Bobby, busy, cop, copper).

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Modern Usage: FLIC

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Un flic (1972)

Il était une fois un flic (1971)

Mémoires d'un flic (1956)

Un flic (1947)

Tel flic Tel père (2001)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: FLIC

Domain	Title
Books	"Le grand", ma vie de flic (reference) Carnet de bord d'un flic (reference) Flic des beaux quartiers (reference) Flic Story (reference) Flic Story: The Implacable Duel Between a Merciless Killer and a Different Kind of Policeman (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Un Flic (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: FLIC

"FLIC" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "FLIC" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	60%	6	143,867
Noun (singular)	30%	3	202,518
Adjective (general or positive)	10%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	10	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: FLIC

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "FLIC": flic-en-flac.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FLIC

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
flic	10
d flic la peau pour un	5
flic flac	5
flic en flac and hotel	5
flic pic	4
flic net	3
flic scanner	2
flic en flac	2
flic player	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: FLIC

Derivations
	Words beginning with "FLIC": flichter, flichtered, flichtering, flichters, flick, flicked, flicker, flickered, flickering, flickeringly, flickers, flickery, flicking, flicks, flics. (additional references)
	Words containing "FLIC": afflict, afflicted, afflicting, affliction, afflictions, afflictive, afflictively, afflicts, conflict, conflicted, conflictful, conflicting, conflictingly, confliction, conflictions, conflictive, conflicts, conflictual, inflict, inflicted, inflicter, inflicters, inflicting, infliction, inflictions, inflictive, inflictor, inflictors, inflicts, nonconflicting. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: FLIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-f-i-l"
	-1 letter: fil.
	-2 letters: if, li.
	Words containing the letters "c-f-i-l"
	+1 letter: calif, cliff, clift, filch, flick, flics.
	+2 letters: califs, cliffs, cliffy, clifts, facial, facile, fecial, fickle, fickly, filmic, fiscal, flicks, flinch, flitch, flocci, frolic.
	+3 letters: afflict, bifocal, calcify, chiefly, clarify, coalify, dulcify, facials, fancily, fascial, faucial, fecials, fickler, fictile, filched, filcher, filches, finical, fiscals, flaccid, flicked, flicker, flueric, fluidic, fluoric, folacin, frolics, funicle, icefall, inflect, inflict, lucifer, malefic.
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