- chippy – carpenter
- dibble – policeman
- dick – detective
- fed – FBI agent
- flat-foot – policemen, specifically one in a uniform
- fuzz – police
- gumshoe – detective
- leather-neck – soldier
- Old Bill – the police
- plod – the police
- rozzer – policeman
- sawbones – surgeon
- screw – prison warder
- spark – electrician
- spook – spy
- squaddie – army private
- Tommy – British private soldier
- woodentop – policeman