Collocations withdetective
These are words often used in combination withdetective.
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amateur detective
He used to be an amateur detective until a case went awry that ruined his reputation.
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detective agency
I defy anyone—other than a detective agency—who is willing to work from now until doomsday, to discover the people behind the company.
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detective fiction
As readers of detective fiction, however, we are potentially much less prone to such existential and hermeneutic anxieties.
From theCambridge English Corpus
detective novel
Law and crime, theology and sin, evil in its human and eschatological manifestations, are all inextricably linked in the detective novel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
police detective
Further, broader comparisons between the development of the secret service operative and the professionalization of the urban police detective would be helpful.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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