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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  shamus
       n : someone who can be employed as a detective to collect
           information [syn: private detective, PI, private eye,
            private investigator, operative, sherlock]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shamus
     n.
     (lb en US slang) A private detective; originally, a policeman or
  police detective.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Shamus
     n.
     (alt sp en Seamus).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  shamus
     n.
     (lb en US slang) A private detective; originally, a policeman or
  police detective.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Shamus
     n.
     (alt sp en Seamus).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  shamus
     n.
     (lb en US slang) A private detective; originally, a policeman or
  police detective.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Shamus
     n.
     (alt sp en Seamus).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  shamus
     n.
     (lb en US slang) A private detective; originally, a policeman or
  police detective.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Shamus
     n.
     (alt sp en Seamus).

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shamus /ʃˈaməs/
  tajný polda

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shamus /ʃˈaməs/ 
  detektiv

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shamus /ʃˈaməs/
   [Am.]  [slang] Denunziant , Naderer  [Ös.]  [pej.]
     Synonyms: squealer, snitch, stoolpigeon, stoolie, fink
  
   see: squealers, snitches, stoolpigeons, stoolies, shamuses, finks
  

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  shamus /ʃˈaməs/
  1. ABD, (argo.) polis
  2. özel delektif.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈʃeɪməs/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 警察,私家侦探;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 警察,私家侦探

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