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detective
Synonyms and Antonyms of detective
- the code used by the serial killer in his letters to the police was actually cracked by an amateur detective
dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus [slang], sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound
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