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French, used in the plural "les keufs", as slang for the police. This word is more derogatory than "les flics", even though it means the same thing. The word is derived from the pronunciation of "flic" as "FLEE-KUH". In verlan slang, words are reversed, thus making the word "kuhflee". In turn, "lee" was dropped from the word, leaving "keuf ...
A citizen detective, also known as an amateur detective, is an individual who devotes his or her time and expertise to aid in the solving of crime, without compensation or expectation of reward. [8] Citizen detectives are private citizens that have no real professional relationship with law enforcement and lack any rational-legal authority ...
The following is a list of slang terms used to refer to federal agents, which are used by the public, members of organized crime, anti-establishment political groups or individuals, and occasionally other federal employees. This list does not encompass slang terms used to refer to local police departments, nor those that denote the agencies ...
Armed Detective Agency - an organization from the animanga series Bungou Stray Dogs, the most notable of which being Edogawa Ranpo. Kyouko Okitegami - protagonist of Nisio Isin's novel series BÅkyaku Tantei. She is a famous detective who finishes all her cases in one day, because she resets her memory every time she goes to sleep.
Detective Duos: Anabel and Looker – Author Bryant and John May – (Christopher Fowler) Cagney & Lacey - (Barbara Avedon and Barbara Corday) Cool and Lam – (Erle Stanley Gardner as A. A. Fair) Dalziel and Pascoe – (Reginald Hill) Detective Pikachu/Harry Goodman and Tim Goodman – (Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Rob Letterman, Derek Connolly)
Gumshoe is a term for a rubber-soled shoe, one form of which is the galosh. Gumshoe may also refer to: . Gumshoe, a slang term for a detective, from wearing soft, quiet rubber-soled shoes
The Detective, an American film based on the Roderick Thorpe novel (see below) Detectives, a West German crime film; Detective. a Soviet action film; Détective, a 1985 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard; Detective, an Indian Malayalam film; The Detective, a Hong Kong neo-noir mystery thriller
"Take" for R, abbreviation of the Latin word recipe, meaning "take". Most abbreviations can be found in the Chambers Dictionary as this is the dictionary primarily used by crossword setters. However, some abbreviations may be found in other dictionaries, such as the Collins English Dictionary and Oxford English Dictionary.