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- noun informal A person, especially a
law enforcement officer , who is particularlyeffective inthwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals tojustice .
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Examples
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Layabout playboy by day, string of bank robbery scheme crimebuster dressed in black by night.
Archive 2007-04-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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He went from being a vaguely scary otherworldly figure to just another crimebuster.
A Weekend On The (re)Construction Site | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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When danger rears its head, this freelance crimebuster doles out ass-whoopings like the President hands out free cheese.
Archive 2005-08-01 David S. Carter 2005
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When she came out of prison in 1948, she felt herself the target of any crimebuster who needed to look busy in public.
Street Diva Kempton, Arthur 2005
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When danger rears its head, this freelance crimebuster doles out ass-whoopings like the President hands out free cheese.
FGNW Day 7: Epileptic David S. Carter 2005
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Earlier on Monday, former crimebuster Leonard Knipe told the
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The city's vivid past gave rise to numerous films about Al Capone and the mob in Chicago, as well as violent television series like "The Untouchables," with crimebuster Eliot Ness engaged in weekly submachine gun battles with the likes of Frank Nitti.
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While praising the SA Revenue Service for its work as a crimebuster by clamping down increasingly on defaulters, Finance
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He most likely disapproved of it -- Bobby's crimebuster fervor deeply impressed him.
American Tabloid Ellroy, James, 1948- 1995
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Or was he just a hypocritical, self-righteous, white-collar crimebuster who dropped $100,000 at an escort service coincidentally under federal wiretap?
Politics Daily Annie Groer 2010
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