detect
verb (used with object)
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act.
detecter
-
a word derived from
detect.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Langbaine, the great detecter of plagiarism, is silent.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
For the reasons given, I venture to submit that the difficulties and dangers I have mentioned will be largely reduced, if not wholly overcome, by the use of the fire-damp detecter.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 by Various
The Doctor protested with profuse virtuous indignation, but his detecter was firm.
From Satires And Profanities by G. W. (George William) Foote
"Maybe I vos been a regular bolice detecter ven I got old enough, hey?"
From The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat by Edward Stratemeyer
The detecter, as will be perceived from the one exhibited, and the accompanying sectional drawing, consists simply of an oval-shaped India rubber ball, fitted with a mouthpiece.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 by Various
