"detective" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

detective sustantivo

sustantivo + detective
Kolokacji: 31
police detective • homicide detective • narcotics detective • Manhattan detective • lead detective • ...
(5) lead, Singing, series
Kolokacji: 3
(6) Pinkerton, plainclothes
Kolokacji: 2
1. Pinkerton detective = Pinkerton oficer śledczy Pinkerton detective
  • The presence of Pinkerton detectives in the city also merited some investigation.
  • The use of Pinkerton detectives in strikes and yellow-dog contracts were outlawed.
  • Frank hired two Pinkerton detectives to help him prove his innocence.
  • "The last time I saw you, you were a Pinkerton detective."
  • Or perhaps one should call them the Internet's Pinkerton detectives.
  • Pinkerton detectives had learned of the plan and ten agents were waiting aboard the train.
  • One was from the Pinkerton detective who had found her mother.
  • Upon their landing, a large mêlée between workers and Pinkerton detectives ensued.
  • Meanwhile, young women have been disappearing - murdered, presumably - and a Pinkerton detective has appeared on the scene to investigate.
  • The Pinkerton detectives turned over what they had gathered and gave it to me.
2. plainclothes detective = plainclothes oficer śledczy plainclothes detective
detective + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 41
detective story • detective work • detective novel • detective agency • detective fiction • detective sergeant • ...
detective + verbo
Kolokacji: 98
detective investigates • detective says • detective finds • detective goes • detective working • ...
verbo + detective
Kolokacji: 13
tell detectives • play detective • detective assigned • hire a detective • detective called • ...
adjetivo + detective
Kolokacji: 42
private detective • undercover detective • fictional detective • retired detective • young detective • ...
preposición + detective
Kolokacji: 6
to detectives • of detectives • with detectives • for detectives • from detectives • ...

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