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Crime Fighting
See also Sleuthing. Batman devotes his life to fighting Gotham City’s criminals. [Comics: Berger, 160] (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) corps which gained a romantic reputation for daring exploits and persistence in trailing criminals. [Can. Hist.: NCE, 2367] radio show in which justice is always served. [Radio: Buxton, 73] (1848–1929) law officer and gunfighter of American West. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 819] hard-boiled, Manhattan plainclothes detective. [TV: Ter-race, I, 445] arch foe of criminals in early west. [Radio: “The Lone Ranger” in Buxton, 143–144; Comics: Horn, 460; TV: Terrace, II, 34–35] implacable nemesis of Hawaiian wrongdoers. [TV: “Hawaii Five-O” in Terrace, I, 342] G-man successfully subdues Prohibition gangsters. [TV: “The Untouchables” in Terrace, II, 402–403] (1788–1850) reorganized British police; established Irish constabulary. [Br. Hist.: Flexner, 276] gunned down Dillinger outside Chicago theater (1934). [Am. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 464] Criminal Investigation Department of Metropolitan Police. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 97] plainclothes L.A. detectives break cases and hearts. [TV: Terrace, II, 317] invincible scourge of crime. [Comics: Horn, 642–643] 19th-century constabulary thwarting villains. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1071] comic book cop. [Comics: Horn, 206–207] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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