crime-fighter

American  

[krahym-fahy-ter] / ˈkraɪmˌfaɪ tər /

noun

1. any person, as a law-enforcement officer or government official, who works to prevent crime or to enforce criminal laws.

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Example Sentences

They have particularly panned his positioning as a crime-fighter, saying his stances are retrograde and are more rhetoric than reality — the attorney general’s office has limited authority to prosecute violent crime.

From Washington Post

Given the many films that had depicted young Bruce Wayne’s tragic loss of his parents and his awakening as a crime-fighter, Reeves said, “we couldn’t do an origin story.”

From New York Times

Exhibit A: Just how polished was Clooney’s crime-fighter while in costume?

From Washington Post

The blowback was reminiscent, though, of how some Bat-fans responded three decades earlier, when Michael Keaton — whose ’80s run as wiry comic actor included “Beetlejuice” and “Mr. Mom” — was cast to be Tim Burton’s strong-jawed crime-fighter.

From Washington Post

It also poses a steep challenge to the two-week-old mayoralty of Eric Adams, a former police captain who ran as a crime-fighter with a heart for the dispossessed.

From New York Times