He looked 'familiar' [=he looked like someone I had seen before] but I couldn't remember his name.
Locals refer to the Maple Leaf restaurant 'familiarly' [='informally'] as ‘The Leaf.’
We are 'familiar with' the situation. [=we know about the situation]
(..) so you tried to steal them from him when he wasn't home. Only he was home, so you shot him. Does that sound familiar? Uh, maybe some role play will jog your memory? - Great idea. - Okay, yeah. Okay. (..)2013 TvShow: Brooklyn Nine-Nine Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1