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crime-fighter en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of crimefighter.
On the whole, the costumed crime-fighter was a lot less deadly than the justice figure.
1989, Robert Sampson, Deadly Excitements: Shadows and Phantoms, →ISBN, page 160:Not every costumed crime-fighter is necessarily a hero, and not every one with superhuman powers is necessarily a superhero.
2005, Thomas V. Morris, Matt Morris, Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way, →ISBN:Since the police reform movement of the 1930s, the primary job of the public police has narrowed to that of crime-fighter.
2010, Victor E. Kappeler, Larry K. Gaines, Community Policing: A Contemporary Perspective, →ISBN, page 155:
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