detective

(noun)

a police officer who investigates crimes

All clip examples

• I didn't get no name, sir. But he says he was a detective. (Scarlet Street)
• You the detective? Well, I used to be, Mr. Cross. (Scarlet Street)
• Yeah, a man hasn't got a chance with these New York detectives. (Scarlet Street)
• And every time they make an arrest, they send detectives to your house... for weeks. Oh, it's a nuisance. (Scarlet Street)
• Detective Sargeant Higgins, Homer Higgins. (Scarlet Street)
• I guess that's why you're a detective lieutenant, and I'm still a uniformed cop. (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
• We're gonna get a detective and see what he can find out about this spook chaser. (The Amazing Mr. X)
• is when there's a detective around. (The Amazing Mr. X)
• You'll tell Mrs. Ivers, the name of the detective who caught her is Lundeen. (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers)
• Get that private detective McCarthy, and tell him to come right over. (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers)