| Main Entry: | cop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | policeperson |
Synonyms: |
deputy, flatfoot, fuzz, lawman, officer of the law, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police officer, policeman, policewoman, sheriff, the man |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | officer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in law enforcement |
Synonyms: |
arm*, badge, black and white, captain, centurion, cop, deputy, detective, flatfoot, mounty, noncom, police, police officer, sergeant, sheriff |
| Main Entry: | police/police officer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, people hired to uphold the laws |
Synonyms: |
arm of the law, badge, bear*, beat cop, black and white, blue*, bluecoat, bobby, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, detective, fed, flatfoot, force, gendarme, heat*, law, law enforcement, narc, patrol |
Antonyms: |
criminal |
| 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: | officer of the law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | police officer |
Synonyms: |
MP, constable, cop, deputy, detective, flatfoot, fuzz, law enforcement agent, lawman, lawwoman, marshal, meter maid, military police, mounted police officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police woman, policeman, sheriff, the man, traffic officer, trooper |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | police officer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | officer of the law |
Synonyms: |
MP, arm of the law, carabiniere, constable, cop, deputy, detective, flatfoot, flic, fuzz, gendarme, law enforcement agent, law enforcer, lawman, lawwoman, marshal, meter maid, military police, mounted police officer, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, policeman, policewoman, sheriff, the man, traffic officer, trooper |
| Main Entry: | private detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | private investigator |
Synonyms: |
PI, Sherlock Holmes, beagle, detective, dick, eye, flatfoot, gumshoe, inquiry agent, inspector, investigator, operative, private dick, private eye, skip tracer, sleuth, sleuthhound, spotter, tec |
| Main Entry: | gumshoe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detective |
Synonyms: |
cop, dick, flatfoot, investigator, sleuth, sneaker, tec |