crime-busters
Those catching criminals
Crime-busters are people who fight crime, especially as a team or unit.
The term evokes comic books, pulp fiction, and TV procedurals—brave investigators who take down criminals: The mayor assembled a team of crime-busters to tackle organized crime.
It's often playful or nostalgic, conjuring images of square-jawed detectives and caped vigilantes.
Costumed figures with powers
- vigilantesUnlicensed punishers of wrongdoers
- BatmanGotham's masked vigilante
- SherlockIconic Victorian-era investigator
- sleuthsProfessional mystery solvers
sidekicks · nemesis · villains · hideout · gadgets · noir · whodunit · Scooby-Doo
Those who solve crimes
- policeCivil law enforcement
- investigatorsThose who examine facts
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- squadSmall working group
task-force · officers · agents · precinct · patrol · surveillance · stakeout · raid
Films depicting real events
- podcastsEpisodic digital audio programs
- proceduralsEpisodic crime-solving shows
- CSICrime scene investigators
- reenactmentsStaged reproductions of events
dateline · serialized · binge-watch · episodes · showrunners · dramatization · ratings · network
Anonymous crime reporting channel
- whistleblowersThose exposing organizational misconduct
- citizensMembers of a nation
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- activismDirect effort for reform
reform · prevention · outreach · awareness · hotline · reporting · vigilance · coalition
superheroes
Costumed figures with powers
- vigilantesUnlicensed punishers of wrongdoers
- BatmanGotham's masked vigilante
- SherlockIconic Victorian-era investigator
sleuths · sidekicks · nemesis · villains · hideout · gadgets · noir · whodunit · Scooby-Doo · pulp
detectives
Those who solve crimes
- policeCivil law enforcement
- investigatorsThose who examine facts
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
squad · task-force · officers · agents · precinct · patrol · surveillance · stakeout · raid · arrests
documentaries
Films depicting real events
- podcastsEpisodic digital audio programs
- proceduralsEpisodic crime-solving shows
- CSICrime scene investigators
reenactments · dateline · serialized · binge-watch · episodes · showrunners · dramatization · ratings · network · streaming
tipline
Anonymous crime reporting channel
- whistleblowersThose exposing organizational misconduct
- citizensMembers of a nation
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
activism · reform · prevention · outreach · awareness · hotline · reporting · vigilance · coalition · advocacy
crime-busterscriminals
Lawbreakers by act
villains · lawbreakers · crooks · gangsters · outlaws
crime-busterscrime bosses
Leaders of criminal organizations
crime syndicate · criminal enterprise · organized crime · the mob · mafia
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