sleuth

1. A detective.

   1908, Edith Van Dyne (Frank L. Baum), Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville Do ye want me to become a sleuth, or engage detectives to track the objects of your erroneous philanthropy?

   Schnüffler, Spürnase, Detektiv

   сы́щикsýščik, ище́йкаiščéjka

   a detective who follows a trail

2. (collective, rare)A group of bears.

3. (archaic)A sleuthhound; a bloodhound.

4. (obsolete)An animal’s trail or track.

5. (obsolete, uncountable)Slowness; laziness, sloth.

1. There is a sleuth under us.

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2. While sleuthing around, he discovered some things he wished he hadn’t.

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3. Tom is an amateur sleuth.

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4. Mary is an amateur sleuth.

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5. The sleuth gave Mennad his card before he left.

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