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Noun: detective  di'tek-tiv
  1. A police officer who investigates crimes
    - investigator, tec, police detective
     
  2. An investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

Derived forms: detectives

Type of: bobby [Brit, informal], investigator, officer, plod [Brit, informal], police officer, policeman

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