crimebuster
English
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
Etymology
Compound from English crime + English buster root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*krey-
Gloss
separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftercrime English
- anticrime English
- autocrime English
- ball-buster English
- biocrime English
- biocriminology English
- blockbuster English
- brainbuster English
- broncobuster English
- bust English
- buster English
- chartbuster English
- cloudbuster English
- concernable English
- crime English
- crime-free English
- crime-ridden English
- crimebusting English
- crimefighter English
- crimefighting English
- crimefree English
- crimeful English
- crimeless English
- crimelike English
- crimeridden English
- crimestopper English
- crimethink English
- crimeware English
- crimewave English
- crimie English
- criminalist English
- criminality English
- criminalization English
- criminalize English
- criminally English
- criminalness English
- criminologist English
- criminology English
- criminousness English
- critical English
- cultbuster English
- cybercrime English
- cybercriminal English
- dambuster English
- decrime English
- decriminalization English
- decriminalize English
- diacritical English
- discernible English
- discernibleness English
- discernibly English
- discernment English
- discretionary English
- discriminate English
- discriminatory English
- doorbuster English
- drugbuster English
- e-crime English
- enviro-crime English
- excremental English
- facebuster English
- facecrime English
- gangbuster English
- ghostbuster English
- gutbuster English
- hate-crime English
- hypocrite English
- hypocritical English
- indiscernible English
- indiscriminately English
- knifecrime English
- middlebuster English
- neurocriminology English
- noncrime English
- nondiscretionary English
- nondiscrimination English
- oneirocritic English
- oneirocritical English
- oneirocriticism English
- postcrime English
- precrime English
- quackbuster English
- racketbuster English
- ratebuster English
- recremental English
- recriminalize English
- recriminate English
- recrimination English
- rodbuster English
- secretaire English
- secretary English
- secretion English
- slumpbuster English
- sodbuster English
- spinebuster English
- stressbuster English
- subcritical English
- supercritical English
- supracritical English
- tankbuster English
- thirst-buster English
- trustbuster English
- unionbuster English
- certus Latin
- concerno Latin
- concernō Latin
- cribrum Latin
- crimen Latin
- criminalis Latin
- criminatio Latin
- criminatio, criminationis Latin
- crimino Latin
- crimino, criminatus Latin
- criminor Latin
- criminosus Latin
- critica Latin
- crībrum Latin
- crīmen Latin
- crīminōsus Latin
- discernere Latin
- discerno Latin
- discretio Latin
- discretus Latin
- discrimen Latin
- discriminatio Latin
- discriminatio, discrimīnatiōnem, discrimīnatiō Latin
- discriminatio, discrīminātiōnem, discrīminātiō Latin
- discrimino Latin
- discrētus Latin
- excerno Latin
- excretum Latin
- excrēmentum Latin
- excrētus Latin
- in Latin
- in- + discriminatum Latin
- screa Latin
- sēcrētus Latin
- escremento Italian
- escreto Italian
- criminalité French
- récrimination French
- récriminer French
- secrétariat French
- διακριτικός Ancient Greek
- κρίνω Ancient Greek
- κρίσις Ancient Greek
- κρησέρα Ancient Greek
- κριτήριον Ancient Greek
- κριτικός Ancient Greek
- ὑπόκρισις Ancient Greek
- *krey- Proto-Indo-European
- *kri-n-ye-, *krinyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *kréymn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *trem- Proto-Indo-European
- *hrainisōną Proto-Germanic
- *hrainiz Proto-Germanic
- *hrīdrą Proto-Germanic
- *hrīmaz Proto-Germanic
- *hrīnaną Proto-Germanic
- dyrne Old English
- cryme Middle English
- dern Middle English
- hreina Old Norse
- hreinleikr Old Norse
- hreinsan Old Norse
- hreinsanareldr Old Norse
- hressa Old Norse
- hressleikr Old Norse
- hrinr Old Norse
- ideozločin Czech
- roim Estonian
- *krini- Proto-Celtic
- *krētros Proto-Celtic
- *ɸarekrini- Proto-Celtic
- *krinō Proto-Italic
- krieti Lithuanian
- bust
- crime
- crimie
- buster
- decrime
- e-crime
- precrime
- noncrime
- critical
- biocrime
- crimeful
- crimelike
- gutbuster
- postcrime
- secretary
- crimewave
- hypocrite
- dambuster
- facecrime
- anticrime
- autocrime
- crimefree
- secretion
- crimeless
- crimeware
- sodbuster
- rodbuster
- crime-free
- facebuster
- knifecrime
- doorbuster
- secretaire
- gangbuster
- aftercrime
- cybercrime
- hate-crime
- ratebuster
- crimethink
- criminally
- tankbuster
- cultbuster
- drugbuster
- concernable
- ball-buster
- recremental
- chartbuster
- trustbuster
- subcritical
- ghostbuster
- criminalist
- blockbuster
- slumpbuster
- excremental
- criminology
- criminality
- criminalize
- quackbuster
- discernible
- discernibly
- cloudbuster
- diacritical
- unionbuster
- crimeridden
- discernment
- brainbuster
- recriminate
- spinebuster
- discriminate
- criminalness
- racketbuster
- middlebuster
- enviro-crime
- crimefighter
- stressbuster
- hypocritical
- crimestopper
- broncobuster
- oneirocritic
- crimebusting
- crime-ridden
- recrimination
- criminologist
- crimefighting
- supracritical
- recriminalize
- decriminalize
- indiscernible
- criminousness
- supercritical
- discretionary
- cybercriminal
- thirst-buster
- oneirocritical
- biocriminology
- discriminatory
- discernibleness
- criminalization
- oneirocriticism
- neurocriminology
- nondiscretionary
- indiscriminately
- nondiscrimination
- decriminalization