crime fighters
Those pursuing criminals
Crime fighters are people who work to prevent, investigate, or combat crime.
The term covers police officers, detectives, prosecutors, and vigilantes alike, though it carries a slightly heroic or romanticized tone—more common in comic books and action movies than in serious discussion: Batman and other masked crime fighters.
As a compound, it also appears as crime-fighters or crimefighters.
- policeCivil law enforcement
- investigatorOne who examines evidence
- bounty hunterProfessional fugitive capturer
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- private eyeHired investigator, unlicensed
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- Detective Worldprivate eyes, sleuths, gumshoes, investigators, detective agencies
crime fighterscriminals
Lawbreakers by act
perpetrators · lawbreakers · offenders · villains · outlaws
crime fightersorganized crime
Structured illegal enterprise
anarchists · crime lords · kingpins · racketeers · terrorists
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