detective

Definition:
1. A police officer who investigates crimes.
2. An investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public.

Use 'detective' in a sentence:

• 1. Joan Smith's detective stories are a cut above the rest.
• 2. I don't have to be a detective to figure that out.
• 3. I like detective films.
• 4. I want to be a detective.
• 5. Which kind of stories do you like, love stories or detective stories?
• 6. Mysteries and detective stories came second on the list at 53%.
• 7. Detectives are so far at a loss to explain the reason for his death.
• 8. I've called up a detective.
• 9. His father is a detective.
• 10. I enjoy reading detective stories.
• 11. Journalists informed police who planted an undercover detective to trap Smith.
• 12. Don't be a detective!
• 13. He left a note at the scene of the crime, challenging detectives to catch him.
• 14. A detective novel, please.
• 15. Are you a detective?
• 16. The detective discovered no fewer than 35 fingerprints.
• 17. My name is Cole. I'm a private detective. This is a police officer.
• 18. He plays a wisecracking detective.
• 19. This detective story is boring.
• 20. Now the detective work starts.
• 21. The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.
• 22. It may surprise you to learn that it is a crime novel without a detective.
• 23. This excellent detective writer is quite good at catching the readers' fancy.
• 24. The detective wears glasses.
• 25. Detectives followed him for months hoping to catch him out in some deception.
• 26. "Once a detective, always a detective," he said lightly.
• 27. The detective asked me not to leave the town.
• 28. Detective Nardosa of the New York City Police Department.
• 29. It's like a detective story.
• 30. I like detective stories.
• 31. Did you find anything, detective?
• 32. Detectives are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious.
• 33. The detective picked out the words with difficulty.
• 34. Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard.
• 35. Detectives are trying to retrace her movements on the night she disappeared.
• 36. You're a suspect, not a detective, and don't you forget it.
• 37. The woman detective shifted her stance from one foot to another.
• 38. Detectives have spent months gathering evidence.
• 39. She's the author of three detective novels under the moniker of Janet Neel.
• 40. Detectives described the burglary as ‘ crude and amateurish ’.
• 41. Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.
• 42. Local detectives have ruled out foul play.
• 43. Detectives are now faced with the task of identifying the body.
• 44. Detectives carried out a thorough search of the building.
• 45. A private detective had been tailing them for several weeks.
• 46. It was a cunning piece of detective work.
• 47. Detectives found no marks on the body.
• 48. I'll level with you. I'm no great detective. I've no training or anything.
• 49. I'm no great shakes as a detective.
• 50. Detectives have linked the break-in to a similar crime in the area last year.
• 51. Despite careful detective work, many items have never been recovered.
• 52. She ran out of the shop, hotly pursued by the store detective.
• 53. Detectives threw aside professional training and caution, and looked for a different explanation.
• 54. He buried himself in his detective story again.