Meaning of police procedural | Babel Free
Definitions
A subgenre of crime fiction which portrays the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. Unlike in other types of crime fiction, the perpetrator may be known at the outset of the story.
Equivalents
Català
procediment policíac
Deutsch
Krimi
Français
roman policier
Italiano
poliziottesco
한국어
경찰물
Polski
procedural
Examples
“But sometimes, what a devoted crime reader wants isn’t anything too fancy. Sometimes, what we want⟳ is a good, solid police procedural, preferably set⟳ somewhere interesting, preferably with a troubled, renegade investigator who refuses to listen⟳ when their boss tells them to leave⟳ an avenue of investigation alone.”
“Seeming “real” has been the aim since the earliest police procedurals, which began a long tradition of Hollywood productions acting as a mouthpiece for police departments.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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