A person employed by a privately owned establishment, such as a hotel or large retail store, with the job of preventing wrongdoing and apprehending violators of laws or other regulations.

plural of private detective

A specialized form of police dog; trained to use its sense of smell to detect and locate evidence of illicit substances, from illegal drugs to explosives materials, which may be carried on a person in their effects.

The hobby of using a metal detector to hunt for buried coins or archaeological artifacts.

(Canada, US, derogatory) A forestry official charged with measuring waste in logging operations.

(idiomatic) investigative research

A gag fashioned from a piece of cloth pulled over one’s mouth and tied at the back of one’s head.

plural of detective gag

plural of stump detective

plural of house detective