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Definition of Detective work
1. Noun. A police investigation to determine the perpetrator. "Detection is hard on the feet"
Generic synonyms: Police Investigation, Police Work
Derivative terms: Detect, Sleuth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detective Work
Literary usage of Detective work
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Police Systems by Raymond Blaine Fosdick (1920)
"Lack of co-ordination in detective work.— Lack of business methods in detective
work.— Lack of supervision in detective work.— Detective record systems. ..."
2. Powers, Duties and Work of Game Wardens: A Handbook of Practical Information by Harry Chase (1910)
"detective work of Game Wardens. The work of a game warden in investigating
violations of the laws for the protection of fish and game is, ..."
3. American Police Administration: A Handbook on Police Organization and by Elmer Diedrich Graper (1921)
"... absolute prerequisite for successful detective work and are making provision
for specialized instruction. But in the majority of the police departments ..."
4. European Police Systems by Raymond Blaine Fosdick (1915)
"The bulk of the detective work, however, is done by divisional detectives — squads
of men permanently attached to each of the twenty-two divisions into ..."
5. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas F. Byrnes (1892)
"... Skillful detective work — Extorting the Truth — The Museum of Crime — What
May Be Seen There — Disappearance of Old Thieves — Rising Young Criminals. ..."
6. The Government of the City of New York: A Collection of Addresses and by Academy of Political Science (U.S.) (1915)
"Such records must be complete, yet it is of great importance to the effectiveness
of detective work that individual detectives be not too much burdened with ..."
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