Gumshoe and Law

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Gumshoe noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.

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Law and gumshoe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Law" instead a noun "Gumshoe".

Nearby Word: gumshoed

Law noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.

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Gumshoe and law are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gumshoe" instead a noun "Law".

Nearby Words: lawful, lawless, laws, lawfulness, lawfully

The Simping Detective: Originally envisaged as one of many stories of a strip called Mega City Noir (the first story, Gumshoe, is under the MC-Noir name) which was to be a Sin City-style strip featuring various characters around Angeltown and their dealings with both sides of the law.

Source: Executive Meddling / Comic Books
In Trials and Tribulations, Phoenix decides to go to law school specifically because of seeing Mia defend him in court and in another Gumshoe's first meeting with Edgeworth is when the new detective is accused of Byrne's murder.

Source: One of Our Own

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