detective
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Synonyms: defective, deceptive, retentive, despective, directive, selective, detractive, ejective, detectible, detection, detersive
Antonyms: defective, deceptive, retentive, despective, directive, selective, detractive, ejective, detectible, detection, detersive
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q842782}}{{lb|en|law enforcement}} A [[police officer]] [[tasked]] with [[collect]]ing [[evidence]] and [[information]] [[in order to]] [[solve]] a [[crime]]; an [[investigator]].
- {{senseid|en|person employed to find information}} A person [[employed]] to find [[information]] not otherwise [[available]] to the [[public]].
- {{senseid|en|work of detective fiction}} {{lb|en|NNSE|rare}} A [[work]] of detective [[fiction]].
Adjective
- [[employ|Employed]] in [[detect]]ing.
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be or [[act]] as or like a [[#Noun|detective]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[investigate]] or [[find]] [[information]] about (someone or something) as or like a [[#Noun|detective]].
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