detectivismn.
/dɪˈtɛktɪvɪz(ə)m/ The activities of a detective; detective work.
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society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun]
criminal investigation1799
detectiveship1877
detectivism1894
sleuthing1900
1894 Academy 23 June 514/2 An incredible piece of detectivism.
1896 Athenæum 15 Aug. 225 Literary detectivism of a high order.
1905 Book Lover 10/2 A sea story with a little detectivism and plenty of humour in it.
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n.1894- to put a person in his, her place
- to put a person in mind
- to put a person in remembrance of
- to put a person in the dozen
- to put a person in the dozens
- to put a person in the head of
- to put a person in the picture
- to put a person in the way of
- to put a person in the well
- to put a person in way of
- to put a person in wite
- to put a person into buttons
- to put a person into his, her place
- to put a person off her mettle
- to put a person off his mettle
- to put a person on a diet
- to put a person on a slow boat to china
- to put a person on guard
- to put a person on her mettle
- to put a person on his guard
- to put a person on his mettle
- to put a person on his or her honour
- to put a person on his trial
- to put a person on ice
- to put a person on the back foot