WordNet
police work
n. the investigation of criminal activities [syn: police investigation]
Usage examples of "police work".
He had not been born looking particularly happy, and years of police work had drawn deep lines of disappointment around his eyes and mouth.
Hunched over and picking his way carefully to avoid stepping on noisy branches, Gordon Wallace continued on toward the cabin where, he hoped, Detective Altman was lost in police work and would be utterly oblivious to his furtive approach.
Not exactly first-rate police work, but you or I might have done the same thing.
Sam Humphreys, despite a lifetime of police work, had a streak of sentimentality and thought the trio quite the prettiest picture he had seen for a long time.