Who'll do for criminal etc? (3)

I believe the answer is:

tec

(Other definitions for tec that I've seen before include "CID officer (abbrev.)" , "Busy" , "Detective (colloq.)" , "Investigator" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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