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In truth, the tie-wearing fox only became a cop because of his fondness for Judy, not out of a sense of dutiful conviction.

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Brazil recognised some of these issues and tried to make this an "implementation cop" and put a lot of focus on the "energy agenda".

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“He worries he is going to be killed because he was a cop,” she said.

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When the New Deal put a cop on the Wall Street beat, Dillon cleaned up his act and lived long enough to outlast the memory of his tawdry methods.

“Well. He can’t sleep on the bench. Ship will call the cops.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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