crime-fighter
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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 ● Dec. 4, 2022
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 ● Feb. 28, 2022
As attorney general from 1979 to 1982, Deukmejian maintained a high profile as a crime-fighter.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2018
Heading the investigation is Grimur Grimsson, a policeman who reminds us of fictional crime-fighter Detective Erlendur, a gloomy figure from the novels of Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indridason.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2017
To others, the fact that the disabled Barbara/Oracle managed to be an active crime-fighter using only her upper body — and her intelligence — made her not only more human but more heroic.
From Time ● Mar. 24, 2015
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