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detectives

noun

Meaning

  1. (law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.
  2. A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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