Associations to the word «Detective»
Noun
Pictures for the word «Detective»
Wiktionary
DETECTIVE, noun. (law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.
DETECTIVE, noun. A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
DETECTIVE WORK, noun. (idiomatic) investigative research
Dictionary definition
DETECTIVE, noun. A police officer who investigates crimes.
DETECTIVE, noun. An investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.