shamuses

noun

Definition of shamusesnext
plural of shamus, slang
1
as in policemen
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level a hard-bitten L.A. shamus who, when he's not battling crooks, is locking horns with his superiors

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as in detectives
a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons he's a shamus who mostly finds evidence to use in divorce cases

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  1. detectives
  2. officers
  3. investigators
Noun
  • But the detectives continued to focus solely on the burglary theory.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That year, detectives were given more than 9,000 unsolved murders spanning more than two decades, and Rasmussen's case was one of them.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of detectives
Noun
  • The five officers, who were members of a crime suppression team called the Scorpion Unit, were fired after Nichols' death for violating police department policies.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The system covers corrections officers, police officers and firefighters but not emergency medical technicians.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of officers
Noun
  • No arrests have been announced, and investigators are still working to determine a motive for the shooting.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Prosecutors say Shand told investigators that Patel paid him about $25,000 for the five trips.
    Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of investigators
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