detectives
- plural of detective.
Example Sentences
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As the Metropolitan Police investigation is due to be mothballed next year, cold case detectives say they are troubled by the continuing mystery.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
But on Thursday, the Monterey County sheriff-coroner announced that detectives had found no evidence that a crime had taken place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Anti-corruption detectives started working on Greer, and obtained his mobile phone number, which had previously not been held on his personnel file.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
DC Studios will also grace Hall H to preview its HBO series "Lanterns," starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as small-town Nebraska detectives, which debuts August 16.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Actual detectives like Lépine and Bertillon began to expect this sort of ingenuity from actual thieves, especially in the so-called superior, refined class of crimes.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
