detective
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- n a police officer who investigates crimes
- n an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
- The chat transcripts have convinced detectives the death was an accident.
- The great detective leans over the body on the floor of the overdecorated flat.
- It was Goldberg who suggested, in the summer of 1974, some kind of adventure series featuring female detectives.