Detective

a.	1.	Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
n.	1.	One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.

Noun	1.	detective - a police officer who investigates crimes Synonyms: police detective, tec, investigator
	2.	detective - an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

To see a detective in your dream, signifies the thrills and dangers of an aspect of your waking life. To dream that you are a detective, indicates that you are searching for your hidden abilities and talents. It also signifies that you are trying to solve a problem and seek the truth about an issue that is worrying you. To dream that you are being followed by a detective, signifies guilt. Your character will be put under scrutiny and called into question.Bow Street runner, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G-man, MP, Secret Service, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, T-man, asker, bailiff, beadle, beagle, bound bailiff, captain, catchpole, catechist, chief of police, commissioner, constable, cop, copper, cross-interrogator, cross-questioner, deputy, deputy sheriff, dick, examiner, eye, fed, federal, flic, gendarme, government man, gumshoe, hawkshaw, hotel detective, house detective, house dick, inquirer, inquiry agent, inquisitionist, inquisitor, inspector, interlocutor, interpellator, interrogator, interrogatrix, interviewer, investigator, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, marshal, mounted policeman, narc, officer, operative, opinion-sampler, patrolman, peace officer, peeper, plainclothesman, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police detective, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, poller, pollster, portreeve, private detective, private eye, private investigator, prober, querier, querist, questioner, questionist, quizzer, reeve, revenuer, roundsman, sampler, secret agent, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, sleuth, snoop, snooper, store detective, superintendent, tec, tipstaff, tipstaves, treasury agent, trooper

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