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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



... the time, according to their historians,[38] was that the British were superior in officers and men and ships—constant cruising on the Adriatic had brought them near perfection. Among the incidents recorded is that of one of the Amphion's cadets who was doing police work at the fort; in despair at being out of the battle he swam to his ship. A fusillade from the Favorite put some shot in his leg. On reaching the Amphion he was bandaged and went to his post. His name was ...
— The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 • Henry Baerlein
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... those names, five others of the gang that had terrorized the banks in that area for two years. Capturing all of them at once by putting a sleep-gas bomb in a basket of groceries delivered to their hideout, that had been a neat bit of police work. But till those boys were conditioned or drugged, they ...
— Take the Reason Prisoner • John Joseph McGuire
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Words linked to "Police work" :   detecting, forensics, detective work, surveillance, investigation, sleuthing, investigating, roundup, detection


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