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Police work   /pəlˈis wərk/   Listen
Police work

noun
1.
The investigation of criminal activities.  Synonym: police investigation.





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"Police work" Quotes from Famous Books



... Murch is anything but what you think. He is one of the shrewdest officers in Europe. He is not very quick with his mind, but he is very sure. And his experience is immense. My forte is imagination, but I assure you in police work experience outweighs it by a ...
— Trent's Last Case - The Woman in Black • E.C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley
... at all, Lieutenant," Mr. Pyecroft said graciously. "Such little mistakes must occasionally occur in the most careful police work." ...
— No. 13 Washington Square • Leroy Scott


Words linked to "Police work" :   detection, detecting, surveillance, investigating, forensics, detective work, roundup, investigation, sleuthing


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