Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of detective (“a police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime”).

More definitions
  • a police officer who investigates crimes

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Tom is a retired police detective.

  2. The police detective found a bloody knife.

    ruДетектив полиции нашёл окровавленный нож. — odexed

  3. You never told me you were a police detective.

  4. I want to be a police detective when I grow up.

  5. Tom told the police detective that he didn't recognize the man in the photo.

Forms

plural: police detectives

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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