shamus (noun) detective: investigator of crime
Sinonime: P. I., Sherlock Holmes,
agent, analyst, bird dog, bloodhound,
bull*, constable, cop, dick, eavesdropper,
eye*, fed, fink, flatfoot, gumshoe, informer, nark, peeper, plainclothes officer, police officer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, roper,
scout, sergeant,
shadow*, shamus, shoofly,
sleuth, slewfoot, snoop,
spy, tail