[おかっぴき, okappiki] (n) (arch) (See 目明かし, 御用聞き・3) hired thief taker (Edo period); private secret policeman; private detective[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (6 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Detective \De*tect"ive\, a.
Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting
crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Detective \De*tect"ive\, n.
One who business it is so detect criminals or discover
matters of secrecy.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detective
n 1: a police officer who investigates crimes [syn: {detective},
{investigator}, {tec}, {police detective}]
2: an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information
not easily available to the public
From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]:
detective
detective
From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-spa-eng]:
detective
detective(detektivo)
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
detective /detɛktivə/
detective
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