detective
investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person
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Summary
detective is a profession[1]. detective ranks in the top 3% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,822 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: investigator[3], peace officer[4]
- Commons category: Detectives[5]
- Field of this occupation: law enforcement[6], criminal investigation[7]
- Unicode character: 🕵[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Detectives[9]
- Different from: private investigator[10], detective fiction[11], manuscriptologist[12], Detektor (periodical)[13], detector[14]
- Uses: still camera[15]
- Female form of label: detektivka[16], محققة[17], detectiva[18], détective[19], Detektivin[20], detetive[21], detective[22], detektyvė[23]
- Male form of label: detetive[24], detektyvas[25], Detektiv[26]
Why It Matters
detective has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] detective is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]