Topic: POLICE
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[countable]1SCP a police officer whose job is to discover information about crimes and catch criminals ➔ store detective
2 also private detectiveBO someone who is paid to discover information about someone or something : 
She hired a detective to find out if her husband was having an affair.
She hired a detective to find out if her husband was having an affair.3 efforts to discover information, find out how something works, answer a difficult question etc : It took a lot of detective work to discover the cause of the problem.
detective work
It took a lot of detective work to discover the cause of the problem.4 a story etc about a crime, often a murder, and a detective who tries to find out who did it
detective story/novel etc
ALAMTWORD FOCUS: police 
WORD FOCUS: police 
people in the police force: police officer, policeman, policewoman, detective, cop informal
the building where the police work: police station
what the police do: investigate crimes, find/collect evidence, arrest people who they think are guilty of a crime, question/interrogate people about crimes, hold/detain people in custody, charge people with crimes, release people if they are innocent
➔ See also police
WORD FOCUS: police people in the police force: police officer, policeman, policewoman, detective, cop informal
the building where the police work: police station
what the police do: investigate crimes, find/collect evidence, arrest people who they think are guilty of a crime, question/interrogate people about crimes, hold/detain people in custody, charge people with crimes, release people if they are innocent
➔ See also police
