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An investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
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detective
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Detective is a novel by Arthur Hailey . It was written in 1997 and it was the author's last book. Hailey depicts the work of the homicide department and its background and investigation methods.
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Detective \De*tect"ive\, a. Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
Usage examples of detective.
It contained two live individuals: Amanuensis and Detective Ratt - the former in control of the latter.
Seems like a waste of his time to come looking for Beeker when he could hire a whole team of detectives to do the job for him.
She pushed her way past Bender, searching the faces around her until she found Kevin in the kitchen, chatting with two other detectives.
Gloria Garton lowered her bepurpled lids and cast a queenly stare of suspicion on the young detective.
I had a letter from that Detective Inspector Brudge in Worcester just before I left.
The next morning Bucca phoned his JTTF detective contact and brought a copy of the file down to 26 Federal Plaza.
Prosecutors, witnesses, officials, policemen, detectives, undetected, pressmen, barristers, loafers, clerks, cadgers, jurymen.
Then a vice detective in Portsmouth thought he might recognize the circulated photograph, despite the damage and discoloration.
The detective called downtown and had all transmissions about the Conjurer case changed to the citywide special-ops frequency.
Some one more capable than Detectives Kurman and Cleer would be needed when that climax came.
Detective Cleer came to his feet, snatching up a panama hat that he had dropped.
The three members of the Yellow Band knew that Detectives Kurman and Cleer were apprentices at the art of investigating crime.
More policemen were standing with Police Detective Cliffy and Sergeant Robinson.
Almost at the same moment, the door opened, letting in Detective Cliffy and his playmate Robinson.
His friend wanted to go too, but the policeman made it clear that Detective Cliffy would be talking to one person at a time.