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

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

Mr Duterte's popularity rests on his reputation as a crime-fighter.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2016

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

By the next year, the publisher was looking to replicate that success, and an editor tasked Bob Kane with creating another caped crime-fighter.

From Washington Post