| detective | | |
| n. (person) | 1. detective, investigator, police detective, tec | a police officer who investigates crimes. |
| ~ dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw | someone who is a detective. |
| ~ plainclothesman | a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty. |
| ~ police officer, policeman, officer | a member of a police force.; "it was an accident, officer" |
| ~ tracer | an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods. |
| n. (person) | 2. detective | an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public. |
| ~ investigator | someone who investigates. |
| ~ private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock, operative, pi | someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information. |
| ~ sleuth, sleuthhound | a detective who follows a trail. |
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