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.
