detective
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
detective/dɪˈtektɪv/
▶noun a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate crimes.
■ [as modifier] concerning crime and its investigation: detective work.
'detective' also found in these Oxford entries:
DDI
- demon
- DI
- dick
- DS
- enquiry agent
- G-man
- gumshoe
- hard-boiled
- Holmesian
- operative
- policier
- private detective
- private eye
- private investigator
- shamus
- sleuth
- sleuth-hound
