crimefighting
Pursuing justice actively
Crimefighting is the work of preventing, investigating, or combating crime.
The term applies to police work but also to vigilante justice in fiction—Batman and other superheroes are crimefighters.
As an adjective, it modifies related nouns: crimefighting efforts, crimefighting technology.
Also spelled as two words.
Civil law enforcement
- arrestSeize by law
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- handcuffsLocking wrist restraints
siren · precinct · raid · SWAT · dragnet · APB · manhunt · pursuit
Professional crime investigator
- cluesHints toward answers
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
casefile · stakeout · informant · undercover · wiretap · deduction · profiling · suspect
Regular surveillance route
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
outreach · intervention · safeguarding · security · prevention · vigilance · protection · hotline
Powered champion against evil
- vigilanteExtralegal justice-seeker
- defenderOne who guards another
- protectorOne who safeguards others
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
Batcave · sidekick · nemesis · alter-ego · masked · rescue · crusade · hideout
Hereditary code molecule
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
- autopsyMedical examination after death
bloodstains · toxicology · samples · pathology · serology · fibers · genetics · chromatography
Methods to achieve goals
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
ambush · coordination · interdiction · countermeasures · planning · trap · diversion · containment
Pursuing legal charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- trialJudicial examination of claims
verdict · judge · jury · testimony · defendant · punishment · incarceration · acquittal
police
Civil law enforcement
handcuffs · siren · precinct · raid · SWAT · dragnet · APB · manhunt · pursuit · bust
detective
Professional crime investigator
- cluesHints toward answers
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
surveillance · casefile · stakeout · informant · undercover · wiretap · deduction · profiling · suspect · witness
patrol
Regular surveillance route
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
awareness · outreach · intervention · safeguarding · security · prevention · vigilance · protection · hotline · reporting
superhero
Powered champion against evil
guardian · Batcave · sidekick · nemesis · alter-ego · masked · rescue · crusade · hideout · lair
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
autopsy · bloodstains · toxicology · samples · pathology · serology · fibers · genetics · chromatography · entomology
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
decoy · ambush · coordination · interdiction · countermeasures · planning · trap · diversion · containment · operations
prosecution
Pursuing legal charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
trial · verdict · judge · jury · testimony · defendant · punishment · incarceration · acquittal · appeal
crimefightingcrime
Punishable illegal act
criminal activity · lawbreaking · criminality · villainy · criminal enterprise
crimefightingabetting
Helping commit wrongdoing
complicity · turning a blind eye · looking the other way · obstruction of justice · negligence
crimefightingaiding and abetting
Helping another commit crime
obstruction of justice · corruption · complicity · criminal conspiracy · fencing
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