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Meanings of detective work in anglès

A police investigation to determine the perpetrator.

Usage of detective work in anglès
1
It takes months of painstaking detective work to put a case together.
The Irish Times
2
You have to look serious and mention patient and thorough detective work.
Double Dexter
3
For the detective work to work, there needs to be complete coverage.
Radio NZ
4
I must say finding her was a fine piece of detective work.
The hunchback assignments
5
Erlendur had always found Níels lazy and absolutely unsuited for detective work.
The draining lake
6
I wear a pair of Dr Marten's shoes for general detective work.
Moon Over Soho
7
Then she said, 'Even if it's only because you're doing detective work.'
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
8
How would you know it wasn't an ordinary piece of detective work?
The maltese falcon
9
But in some ways it was a close cousin of detective work.
The suspicions of mr. whicher: a shocking murder and the undoing...
10
What remained was detective work and assembling the pieces for a prosecution.
Break No Bones
11
In detective work it is usually irritating to have one's theories disproved.
Mrs. Red Pepper
12
I thought I'd do a little detective work on my own account.
Gold of the Gods
13
By some skillful detective work, I secured incontestible evidence of his guilt.
Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel
14
Yet she'd done good detective work, maybe even enough to convict.
Mission road
15
However, I don't understand why you're doing all this detective work.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
16
There's often a huge amount of detective work involved as well.
Radio NZ
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Detective work through the time