sherlocks

noun

plural of sherlock
as in detectives
a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons one of literature's most eccentric sherlocks, Nero Wolfe manages to solve mysteries without so much as leaving the confines of his own home

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  1. detectives
  2. investigators
  3. private detectives
Noun
  • Harrison Area detectives were investigating the shooting Sunday morning.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Giordano said Vasquez and Felix were arrested on Saturday after being interviewed for the first time by detectives about the incident.
    — Tristan Maglunog, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of detectives
Noun
  • Meanwhile, investigators continue to run lab analyses on DNA found at her home as the desperate search for Guthrie continues.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The investigators had named a deputy head of the presidential office among the suspects in a money-laundering case.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of investigators
Noun
  • Meanwhile, private detectives probed Hadley’s vulnerabilities as a witness.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • The trio took the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles as part of a PaleyFest event commemorating five decades of Charlie's Angels, the groundbreaking ABC series that followed a group of female private detectives.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of private detectives
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“Sherlocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sherlocks. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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