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detective
 
Noun detective has 2 senses
  1. detective, investigator, tec, police detective - a police officer who investigates crimes
    --1 is a kind of policeman, police officer, officer
    --1 has particulars: dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw; plainclothesman; tracer
  2. detective - an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
    --2 is a kind of     investigator
    --2 has particulars:
     private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock; sleuth, sleuthhound
dete deteariate detect detectable detected detecting detecting antonym detection detective detective agency detective novel detective story detective work detectives detector detectors detects

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