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Hi,

Wow, Paco, that's a long list! But it's pretty out of date and questionable. Where did you get it?

I'd say some are not slang, eg agent, analyst, constable, eavesdropper, policeman,

Some don't mean a police detective, eg constable, eye, gumshoe, informer, nark, P.I., policeman, private eye, private investigator, p

Hi Clive

I got it in [url=http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=Spy ]the Thesaurus.com[/url]. I myself have used none of them. It's quite possible most of them are out of date.

paco

You answered your own question in your subject line.

Cop. Short for copper.

Also known in the UK as Pigs but not politely.

I've heard that cop is an acronym for Constable On Patrol.

I think that gumshoe is acceptable for a police detective, though terribly out of date.

I thought it was because they had/have? copper buttons on their uniforms?