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detectivesnounpl. of detective a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing personsthe code used by the serial killer in his letters to the police was actually cracked by an amateur detective dicks, gumshoes, hawkshaws, investigators, operatives, private detectives, private eyes, private investigators, shamuses(slang), sherlocks, sleuthhounds, sleuths shadows, tails, tracers, trackersFederals, feds, G-men, narcs(or narks, slang), plainclothesmen |