Detective
Detective noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
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Synonyms for Detective
Vice squad and detective are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vice squad" instead a noun "Detective".
Vice squad
Vice squad noun - A police group to enforce laws against gambling and prostitution.
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Synonyms for Vice squad
Detective and vice squad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detective" instead a noun phrase "Vice squad".
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Related pairs
- cop and detective
- cop and vice squad
- bull and detective
- bull and vice squad
- fuzz and detective
- fuzz and vice squad
- patrolman and detective
- patrolman and vice squad
- constable and detective
- constable and vice squad
- gumshoe and detective
- gumshoe and vice squad
- copper and detective
- copper and vice squad
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It gets especially egregious when you look at the charming Roy Earle, who, despite being a philanderer, drug abuser, racist, misogynist, and just a royal prick, still gets to be the star detective of the vice squad.
Source: Video Game / L.A. Noire - In the Steven Seagal B-movie Urban Justice a vice squad detective is murdered on duty.
Source: Cop Killer
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Vice squad and Detective. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detective/vice_squad
Detective & Vice squad. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/detective/vice_squad>.
Vice squad or Detective. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/detective/vice_squad.
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