WordReference English-Arabic Dictionary © 2012:
| ترجمات رئيسية |
| detective n | (police inspector) | بوليس سرّي، رجل مباحث |
| detective adj | (relating to crime fiction) | بوليسي |
WordReference English-Arabic Dictionary © 2012:
| صيغ مركبة |
| detective novel n | (crime fiction book) | رواية بوليسية |
| | I love to read detective novels, especially old ones by Agatha Christie featuring Miss Marple or M. Poirot. |
| detective work n | literal (investigations carried out by a detective) | عمل بوليسي |
| | If the police based their accusations on detective work, rather than prejudice, they would be more effective. |
| detective work n | figurative (research, investigation) | بحث، تقصي |
| | I did a little detective work to find out why my mail hadn't been delivered in three days. |
| police detective n | (police officer: investigator) | محقّق، شرطي مباحث |
| | After the uniformed cops left, a plain-clothes police detective arrived to finish the investigation. |
| private detective n | (privately-hired investigator) | محقق مباحث مُستأجَر |
| | | مخبر خاص |
| | She hired a private detective to see if her husband was cheating. |
