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to detective
noun
A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.
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He excelled, and was promoted to detective.
Meanwhile, Jones has been promoted to detective.
I like to knit to detective dramas.
Ms. Tracy devotes much of her book to detective work.
She came to detective work from book publishing.
"It's a sad but important tribute to Detective Ridley".
For his handling of situation Langan was granted promotion to detective, one rarely achieved by policeman.
One woman was angry that protesters were talking to Detective Lee.
They moved to Detective Comics (later DC), but Captain America stayed at Timely.
For his success working undercover, Derrick received a promotion to detective, third grade, in 1986.
Within hours, the case was assigned to Detective Sgt. Douglas Grady of the Toronto homicide squad.
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