Napoleon of crime affected by opinion pollsters (8)

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moriarty

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(Other definitions for moriarty that I've seen before include "Arch-enemy of Sherlock Holmes" , "villain" , "Sherlock Holmes' The Napoleon of crime" , "Holmes' arch enemy" , "Sherlock Holmes' enemy" .)

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