crime-fighter

[ krahym-fahy-ter ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

Giuliani, the crime-fighter who rose from a federal prosecutor’s office to lead New York City at its moment of deepest crisis, is not named in the indictment that was filed Tuesday accusing his former client, Donald Trump, of plotting to overturn the 2020 election.

From Seattle Times

“Across the Spider-Verse,” directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, continues the story of Miles, now a veteran crime-fighter but also a teenager with an increasingly strained relationship with his parents.

From Seattle Times

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