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Detective

Detective Meaning & Definition
Detective Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Detective?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Detective: investigator | police detective | tec

Related Terms | Find terms related to Detective: asker | bailiff | beadle | beagle | bound bailiff | Bow Street runner | captain | catchpole | catechist | chief of police | commissioner | constable | cop | copper | cross-interrogator | cross-questioner | deputy | deputy sheriff | dick | examiner | eye | FBI | FBI agent | fed | Federal | flic | gendarme | G-man | government man | gumshoe | hawkshaw | hotel detective | house detective | house dick | inquirer | inquiry agent | inquisitionist | inquisitor | inspector | interlocutor | interpellator | interrogator | interrogatrix | interviewer | investigator | lictor | lieutenant | mace-bearer | marshal | mounted policeman | MP | narc | officer | operative | opinion-sampler | patrolman | peace officer | peeper | plainclothesman | police captain | police commissioner | police constable | police detective | police inspector | police matron | police officer | police sergeant | policeman | policewoman | poller | pollster | portreeve | private detective | private eye | private investigator | prober | querier | querist | questioner | questionist | quizzer | reeve | revenuer | roundsman | sampler | secret agent | Secret Service | sergeant | sergeant at arms | sheriff | Sherlock | Sherlock Holmes | sleuth | snoop | snooper | store detective | superintendent | tec | tipstaff | tipstaves | T-man | treasury agent | trooper

See Also | dick | gumshoe | hawkshaw | officer | operative | PI | plainclothesman | police officer | policeman | private detective | private eye | private investigator | shamus | sherlock | sleuth | sleuthhound | tracer

Detective In Webster's Dictionary

\De*tect"ive\, a. Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
\De*tect"ive\, n. One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.

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