vice cop
Undercover narcotics officer
A vice cop is a police officer who investigates crimes related to gambling, prostitution, drugs, and other illegal activities traditionally categorized as moral offenses or "vices." Vice cops often work undercover to infiltrate illegal operations: The vice cop posed as a john to bust the prostitution ring.
The term appears frequently in crime fiction and police procedurals.
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- deep coverProlonged covert infiltration
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- drug bustLaw enforcement contraband seizure
- stingSharp wound from insect
sting operation · bust · prostitution · red light district · gambling · raid · detective · badge · informant · surveillance · entrapment · bribe · corruption · on the take · squad · plainclothes · wire tap · seedy
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, police officer, DEA
- spiesJames Bond, spy, Jason Bourne, secret agent, Ethan Hunt
vice coptraffic cop
Officer directing vehicles
traffic officer · patrol officer · beat cop · homicide detective · desk sergeant
vice, cop, vices, cops, copper, coppers, coppering, coppered