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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detective |
| Synonyms: | cop, dick, flatfoot, investigator, sleuth, sneaker, tec |
| Main Entry: | detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigator of crime |
| Synonyms: | P. I., Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, bird dog, bloodhound, bull*, constable, cop, dick, eavesdropper, eye*, fed, fink, flatfoot, gumshoe, informer, nark, peeper, plainclothes officer, police officer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, roper, scout, sergeant, shadow*, shamus, shoofly, sleuth, slewfoot, snoop, spy, tail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | investigator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who checks thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe, hound, inquirer, inspector, plainclothes officer, police, private detective, private eye, prosecutor, researcher, reviewer, sleuth, snooper, spy, tester, undercover cop |
| Main Entry: | lurk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide; move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | conceal oneself, creep, crouch, go furtively, gumshoe, lie in wait, prowl, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, snoop, stay hidden, steal, wait |
| Antonyms: | come out |
| Main Entry: | sleuth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detective |
| Synonyms: | P.I., agent, bloodhound, cop, dick, eavesdropper, flatfoot, gumshoe, investigator, police officer, private detective, private eye, private investigator, sleuthhound, spy, tail, tracker |
| Main Entry: | slink/slither |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | creep by |
| Synonyms: | coast, cower, glide, glissade, go stealthily, gumshoe, lurk, meander, pass quietly, prowl, pussyfoot, shirk, sidle, skitter, skulk, slick, slide, slip, snake, sneak, steal, undulate |
| Main Entry: | sneak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | ambush, case, cheat, cower, crawl, creep, deceive, delude, evade, glide, gumshoe, hide, lurk, mooch, move secretly, ooze, pad, pass, prowl, pussyfoot, secrete, shirk, sidle, skulk, slide, slink, slip, slither, sly, smuggle, snake, snook, spirit, steal, worm |
| Main Entry: | snoop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who noses around |
| Synonyms: | busybody, butt-in, detective, eavesdropper, ferret, gumshoe, meddler, peeping Tom, pragmatist, pry, pryer, quidnunc, rubberneck, scout, sleuth, snooper |
| Main Entry: | police |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawman |
| Synonyms: | badge, bear, blue, bluecoat, bobby, boy scout, bull, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, county mounty, detective, fed, flatfoot, force, fuzz, gendarme, gumshoe, heat, law, law enforcement, man, narc, officers, oink, patrolman, pig, police |
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