Dick
Dick noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
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Policeman and dick are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Policeman" instead a noun "Dick".
Policeman
Policeman noun - A member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level.
Usage example: reported the crime to the nearest policeman
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Of course, dick being the old term for a detective or policeman.
Source: Film / It's a Wonderful World -
Dick Tracy's strip acknowledges his wartime activities against spies such as Pruneface without dealing with the question of why Tracy still works as a policeman decades later.
Source: Comic-Book Time - Of course, dick/dicks being the old term for a detective or policeman.
Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Film
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