Definition of Detective

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Definition of Detective
	Detective Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer. One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy. Related Definitions: As, Business, Crime, Detect, Detecting, Detective, Discover, Employed, Fitted, For, In, Is, It, Of, Officer, One, Or, Secrecy, Skilled, So, Who

Detective Quotations

If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck.
Jeff Foxworthy

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.
Agatha Christie

A really good detective never gets married.
Raymond Chandler

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Arthur C. Clarke

I think like a detective.
Laurell K. Hamilton

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own.
Peter Shaffer

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I went to the premiere of The Detective with Sinatra, and perhaps people jumped to conclusions. He was very protective towards me and never came on to me sexually.
Jacqueline Bisset

I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective.
James Ellroy

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.
Jeffery Deaver

Detective Translations

detective in Dutch is detective, rechercheur
detective in German is Detektiv
detective in Norwegian is detektiv
detective in Portuguese is detetive
detective in Spanish is detective
detective in Swedish is detektiv

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