appeler les flics

call the cops

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call the cops Informal expression; “les flics” is colloquial French for the police or cops.
FR: Si ça continue, je vais appeler les flics.
EN: If this continues, I’m going to call the cops.

Faut appeler les flics.

We need to call the cops.

Sami est en train d'appeler les flics.

Sami is calling the cops.

Je vais appeler les flics.

I'm going to call the cops.

Il va appeler les flics!

He's going to call the cops!

— Maman, j'ai raté l'avion ! (1990)

Ils font la bêtise d'appeler les flics.

They make the stupid mistake of calling the cops.

— Sympathy for Mister Vengeance (2002)

Tu aurais dû appeler les flics.

You should have called the cops.

Vous auriez dû appeler les flics.

You should have called the cops.

Fallait appeler les flics.

We should have called the police.

— Oh Boy (2012)

Tu pouvais pas empêcher la serveuse d'appeler les flics?

Couldn't you have stopped the waitress from calling the cops?

— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

Appeler les flics?

Call the cops?

Tu peux appeler les flics si tu veux.

You can call the cops if you want.

— À bout de course (1988)