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detective noun agent, criminologist, espier, examiner, indagator, inquirer, inquiry agent, inspector, investigator, prober Associated concepts: police detectives, private detective See also: peace officer, spy How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He uses the shadow of darkness to commit these crimes, when nobody is on the street,'' Los Angeles police Detective Greg DeRousseau said. His influence on crime fiction fostered the development of a genre, while his characters and plots were based on his observations of the fledgling police detective force when he was a reporter and accompanied them on their nightly patrols. Police Detective John Harris, of the Southfield, Michigan, police department, said of an exchange of gunfire in a local liquor store, "Everybody was pretty excited, so maybe their marksmanship wasn't that good. |
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