noun (abbreviation Det)
1 a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to examine crimes and catch criminals:
Detective Inspector (Roger) Brown * detectives from the anti-terrorist squad * a detective story / novel
seealsoSTOREDETECTIVE
2 a person employed by sb to find out information about sb/sth
seealsoPRIVATEDETECTIVE
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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