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
