English noun: detective |
1. | detective (person) a police officer who investigates crimes |
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| Synonyms | investigator, police detective, tec |
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| Broader (hypernym) | officer, police officer, policeman |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, plainclothesman, tracer |
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2. | detective (person) an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public |
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| Broader (hypernym) | investigator |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | operative, PI, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound |
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