Synonyms for detectives
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-tek-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtɛk tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for detectives
Définition of detectives
Origin :- 1850, short for detective police, from detective (adj.), 1843; see detect + -ive.
- noun investigator of crime
- Behind him came Cassidy and two other detectives in plain clothes.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Why not have detectives as guards—as if I wore a fortune in diamonds?
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- She would, in no circumstances, have detectives about the place.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- I knew the moment they missed the documents they would have the detectives on my track.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- "You make me feel as if I were with detectives," she said, laughing, but uneasily.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Had Vinson and the priest been warned that detectives were hot on their trail?
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- The fate of the detectives of “The Pale Avengers” was to be his!
- Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
- Citizens who were not detectives at all tried their hands at the work.
- Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
- "He was stringin' you," said one of the detectives, at last.
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- We learn that information has been sworn, and the matter is in the hands of the detectives.
- Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
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