Detective definitions

Detective

1) Agent 2) Dick 3) Dt 4) Gleaner 5) Gumshoe 6) Hawkshaw 7) Plainclothesman 8) Shamus 9) Sherlock 10) Sleuth 11) Sleuthhound 12) Tec 13) Tracer
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Detective

1) Detective novel 2) Dick 3) Dupin or Lupin 4) Investigator 5) Officer 6) Police detective 7) Police officer 8) Policeman 9) Protector of the public 10) Sleuth 11) Spade or Spenser 12) Tracy
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detective

1. a police officer who investigates crimes
2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

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Detective

A detective is an investigator, either a member of a law enforcement agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or `private eyes`. Informally, and primarily in fiction, a detective is any licensed or unlicensed person who solves crimes, including historical crimes, or looks into records. == Overview == === Requi.....
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Detective

• (a.) Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer. • (n.) One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
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detective

(from the article `detective story`) ...seemingly perfect crime; (2) the wrongly accused suspect at whom circumstantial evidence points; (3) the bungling of dim-witted police; (4) the ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/36

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Detective

De·tect'ive adjective Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/50

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detective

[n] - an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public 2. [n] - a police officer who investigates crimes
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detective

investigator 2 tec noun a police officer who investigates crimes
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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detective

a member of the police force or a private investigator whose function is to obtain information and evidence, as of offenses against the law.
Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/detective

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