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flatfoot(noun, law, person, force, bear)
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patrolman(noun, law, force, marshal, deputy)
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police inspector(expression, idiom)
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secret agent(noun, expression, idiom, plant, agent)
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sergeant(noun, investigator)
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snooper(noun, agent, spy, hound, sneak)
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informer(noun, information, plant, agent, operative)
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copper(noun, law, person, force, blue)
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examiner(noun, agent, hound, monitor, manager)
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fed(noun, law, person, force, blue)
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lieutenant
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peeper(noun, investigator)
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sergeant at arms(expression, idiom)
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shamus(noun, investigator)
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trooper
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P.I.
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bull(noun, law, force, informal, man)
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chief of police(expression, idiom)
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commissioner
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eavesdropper(noun, information, investigator)
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