Meanings (ES + gloss)
detective • inspector
A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
He worked as a detective with the agency for five years.
The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdr…
detective • investigador privado
A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
Had they responded this way in France or America, this wouldn't have surprised me, but wasn't everyone in England supposed to be a detective? Wasn't every crime, no matter how comp…
[…] Sherlock Holmes remarked calmly. […] "Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I'm a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is.…
Phrases
antidetectivecyberdetectivedetective chief inspectordetective chief superintendentdetective constabledetective gagdetective inspectordetective sergeantdetective storydetective superintendentdetective workdetectivelikedogtectivehouse detectivenondetectiveprivate detectivestore detectivestump detectivesuperdetectivewoman detective constable
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