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shamus

noun , slang

Synonyms and Antonyms of shamus

1 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

Synonyms of shamus

bobby [British], bull [slang], constable [chiefly British], cop, copper, flatfoot [slang], fuzz, gendarme, lawman, officer, police officer, policeman

Words Related to shamus

patrolman, policewoman

detective, dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, inspector, investigator, plainclothesman, sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound

marshal (also marshall), sheriff, trooper

captain, lieutenant, sergeant

constabulary, heat [slang], man, police, police force

operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator

Near Antonyms of shamus

2 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

Synonyms of shamus

detective, dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound

Words Related to shamus

shadow, tail, tracer, tracker

fed, Federal, G-man, narc (or nark) [slang], plainclothesman

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