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- noun informal The work of a
crimebuster ; thethwarting ofcriminal activity.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The group was suspended after the elite crimebusting unit, the
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By Congressional fiat, both USSS and FBI formally share jurisdiction over federal computer-crimebusting activities.
The Hacker Crackdown Sterling, Bruce 1992
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A very long credit sequence attempts to fill in some of the backstory: A group of costumed, masked crimebusting vigilantes known as "the Minutemen" seems to have appeared on the scene sometime around 1940, becoming heroes in the process.
unknown title 2009
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According to the Times, reward payments for crimebusting tip-offs in 2008-09 hit
The Register 2009
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As it happens, the latest person who could wear a T-shirt reading "As Not Seen On TV" shares a first name with the leader of this vanished pack: the disembodied voice that, via a squawk-box, gave the crimebusting swimwear models their orders in Charlie's Angels.
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That’s explained, and gives us the impression that there is more going on here than merely a little crimebusting – and the appearance of a terrifying new figure in the last panel alludes to the more spiritual side of Gabriel’s story spirituality being one of the tenets of the Virgin Comics line.
Voodoo Child: Weston & Nicolas Cage Create A Dark Night Avenger To Chill The Soul! 2007
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