de·tec·tive 
(dĭ-tĕktĭv)
(dĭ-tĕktĭv)n.
A person, usually a member of a police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence or information.
adj.
1. Of or relating to detectives or their work: detective novels.
2. Suited for or used in detection.
- distressingly
- distress signal
- distributary
- distribute
- distribution
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- distributive education
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- distributiveness
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- distributorship
- district
- district attorney
- district court
- District of
- District of Columbia
- districtwide
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- disturbance
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