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1. (n.) detective
a police officer or a private investigator whose function is to obtain information and evidence, as of illegal activity.
2. (adj.) detective
of or pertaining to detection or detectives.
Etymology: (1830–40)
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| Definition of 'Detective' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) detective, investigator, tec, police detective
a police officer who investigates crimes
2. (noun) detective
an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
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1. (noun) detective
an investigator of crimes
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| Definition of 'Detective' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Detective
fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer
2. (noun) Detective
one who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy
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Sense: a person who tries to find criminals or watches suspected persons
She was questioned by detectives.
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 Afrikaans: speurder |
 Arabic: مُخْبِر، بوليس سِرّي |
 Bulgarian: детектив |
 Brazilian: detetive |
 Czech: detektiv |
 German: der Detektiv |
 Danish: opdager; detektiv; krimin |
 Greek: ντετέκτιβ |
 Spanish: detective |
 Estonian: detektiiv |
 Farsi: کارآگاه |
 Finnish: etsivä |
 French: policier/-ière; détective |
 Hebrew: בַּלַש |
 Hindi: जासूस |
 Croatian: detektivi |
 Hungarian: nyomozó |
 Indonesian: detektif |
 Icelandic: leyni-/rannsóknarlögreglu |
 Italian: detective, investigatore, |
 Japanese: 探偵, 刑事 |
 Korean: 탐정, 형사 |
 Lithuanian: seklys |
 Latvian: detektīvs |
 Malay: detektif |
 Dutch: rechercheur |
 Norwegian: kriminalbetjent, detektiv |
 Polish: wywiadowca |
 Persian: کارآگاه |
 Pashto: خبرشوی |
 Portuguese: detective |
 Romanian: detectiv |
 Russian: детектив |
 Slovak: detektív |
 Slovenian: detektiv |
 Serbian: detektiv |
 Swedish: detektiv, kriminalare |
 Thai: นักสืบ |
 Turkish: dedektif |
 Taiwanese: 偵探 |
 Ukrainian: детектив, агент розшуку |
 Urdu: سراغ رساں |
 Vietnamese: thám tử |
 Chinese: 侦探 |
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