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词汇 sleuth
释义 sleuth
noun[ C ]
 old-fashioned or humorousuk /sluːθ/ us /sluːθ/
someone whose job is to discover information about crimes and find out who is responsible for them侦探
Synonym
detective
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Detection & solving crimes
all-points bulletin
ankle bracelet
ankle tag
ANPR
APB
electronic tagging
fingertip search
forensic
forensically
forensics
profiler
profiling
psychological profile
psychological profiling
radar trap
surveil
tighten
tighten the netidiom
tracker dog
truth serum

Related word


sleuthing

sleuth | American Dictionary


sleuth
noun[ C ]
us/sluθ/
someone who discovers information about crimes

Examples of sleuth


sleuth
Of particular interest for its aspects of ' sleuthing ' is the story of the undercover agent, recruited to collect evidence while acting as a nurse's aide.
It is as if some awesome force kept misleading sleuths, even as it pushed the hijackers' improbable conspiracy to an inexorable conclusion.
That would put the sleuths on inquiry at once; they would be very negligent if they did not notice it.
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Therefore, he began to track these young men, to sleuth them for half-an-hour or 20 minutes.
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I am told that the sleuth even wanted to know the whereabouts of his allotment plot.
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We do not need to be super sleuths to work out that that sort of expenditure on hospitality is wholly unacceptable.
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We do not all have to be sleuths to get our information.
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One hopes that some tax sleuths might take a little interest in that direction, although that is probably not the complete answer.
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But the sleuths are going to be after her; they are going to watch her and report to their principals.
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For seven years this corpulent sleuth, with a craving for nothing but good food and ease, has not ventured from his home.
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He is an aristocrat and an amateur sleuth and detective.
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The poems are romances, not histories, but there is no implausibility about the use of sleuth hounds.
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She, along with other internet cyber sleuths, has been criticized for her work.
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He agrees to work with the three other sleuths, unusual for the police, sharing all facts equally.
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This, and his enhanced senses, make him the ultimate sleuth.
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