116 entries under noun topic. ×

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flatfoot(law, person, force, bear)
4
patrolman(law, force, marshal, deputy)
4
secret agent(expression, idiom, plant, agent)
4
sergeant
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snooper(agent, spy, hound, sneak)
3
informer(information, plant, agent, operative)
3
copper(law, person, force, blue)
3
examiner(agent, hound, monitor, manager)
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fed(law, person, force, blue)
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peeper
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shamus
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P.I.
2
bull(law, force, informal, man)
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eavesdropper(information, investigator)
2
emissary(plant, watch, agent, spy)
2
gendarme(law, person, force, blue)
2
officer
2
operative(plant, agent, spy, mole)
2
patrol(person, force, plant, bear)
2
policewoman
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