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Gumshoe
Gumshoe noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
Usage example: the suspicious wife paid a gumshoe to follow her husband
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Synonyms for Gumshoe
Federal and gumshoe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Federal" instead a noun "Gumshoe".
Nearby Word: gumshoed
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Gumshoe and Federal. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/federal/gumshoe
Federal & Gumshoe. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/federal/gumshoe>.
Gumshoe or Federal. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/federal/gumshoe.
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