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Sherlock
Sherlock noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
Usage example: one of literature's most eccentric sherlocks, Nero Wolfe manages to solve mysteries without so much as leaving the confines of his own home
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