Detective
[dɪ'tektɪv] or [dɪ'tɛktɪv]
Definition
(noun.) a police officer who investigates crimes.
(noun.) an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public.
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Definition
(a.) Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
(n.) One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a detective keeping in your wake when you are innocent of charges preferred, denotes that fortune and honor are drawing nearer to you each day; but if you feel yourself guilty, you are likely to find your reputation at stake, and friends will turn from you. For a young woman, this is not a fortunate dream.
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Examples
- At this proposal, my detective-fever suddenly cooled. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The detective-fever isn't an easy disease to deal with, under THESE circumstances. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I have the honour to remain, dear sir, your obedient servant, RICHARD CUFF (late sergeant in the Detective Force, Scotland Yard, London). Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was young Stanley Hopkins, a promising detective, in whose career Holmes had several times shown a very practical interest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It plays the part of a private detective, and its testimony in court is never doubted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Put it to her ladyship, if you think it right, from Inspector Bucket of the Detective. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Bucket the detective, sir? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We shall have more detective-business on our hands, sir, before the Moonstone is many months older. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You put that to her ladyship, Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, from me, Inspector Bucket of the Detective. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am Inspector Bucket of the Detective, I am; and this, producing the tip of his convenient little staff from his breast-pocket, is my authority. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He had made a detective-discovery on his own account. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Sure enough, when we reached Baker Street the detective was already there, and we found him pacing up and down in a fever of impatience. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The candle was relit, and there was our wretched captive, shivering and cowering in the grasp of the detective. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You have done a little detective business on your own account. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You are detectives, I suppose? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Detectives were put on the case, and we found he was a 'faker,' and we took means to break the thing up. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He suspects that we are detectives, I suggested. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I don't know how you manage this, Mr. Holmes, but it seems to me that all the detectives of fact and of fancy would be children in your hands. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Colonel Ross leaned back with his arms folded and his hat tilted over his eyes, while I listened with interest to the dialogue of the two detectives. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I suppose that you are the detectives from London? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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