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Sleuthing   /slˈuθɪŋ/   Listen
Sleuthing

noun
1.
A police investigation to determine the perpetrator.  Synonyms: detecting, detection, detective work.





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"Sleuthing" Quotes from Famous Books



... homewards in the dark immersed in thought, he inadvertently took a pipe out of his pocket and lit it. An A.P.M. who had been sleuthing him for half-a-mile leapt upon him, snatched the pipe and two or three teeth out of his mouth and returned him to France ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 24, 1917 • Various
... their deviltry all right," he thought "but I might never find out what they're after. About the only way is to give 'em enough rope to hang themselves, and I'm blowed if I don't believe I could do that better by leaving the outfit and doing a little sleuthing on my own." ...
— Shoe-Bar Stratton • Joseph Bushnell Ames


Words linked to "Sleuthing" :   sleuth, police investigation, police work


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