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All bloodhound synonyms

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noun bloodhound

  • spy — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
  • police officer — any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
  • private eye — a private detective.
  • informer — a person who informs against another, especially for money or other reward.
  • private investigator — private detective. Abbreviation: PI, p.i., P.I.
  • prosecutor — Law. prosecuting attorney. a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
  • private detective — a detective who is not a member of an official force but is employed by private parties.
  • sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
  • reporter — a person who reports.
  • agent — A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent.
  • fink — a strikebreaker.
  • snoop — to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
  • tail — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
  • scout — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
  • bull — A bull is a male animal of the cow family.
  • shadow — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • analyst — An analyst is a person whose job is to analyse a subject and give opinions about it.
  • cop — A cop is a policeman or policewoman.
  • eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • constable — In Britain and some other countries, a constable is a police officer of the lowest rank.
  • gumshoe — Slang. a detective.
  • dick — A man's dick is his penis.
  • fed — field emission display
  • at the end of one's rope — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
  • sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
  • nark — a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
  • flatfoot — Pathology. a condition in which the arch of the foot is flattened so that the entire sole rests upon the ground. Also, flat foot. a foot with such an arch.
  • peeper — a person who peeps in an abnormally prying manner; a voyeur.
  • shoofly — a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
  • shamus — a detective.
  • investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
  • tracker — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
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