detective

investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person
Intangible profession Q842782
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detective

Summary

detective is a profession[1]. detective ranks in the top 3% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,686 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • detective's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • detective is a type of investigator[4].
  • detective is a type of peace officer[5].
  • detective's Commons category is recorded as Detectives[6].
  • detective's field of this occupation is recorded as law enforcement[7].
  • detective's field of this occupation is recorded as criminal investigation[8].
  • detective's field of this occupation is recorded as criminal investigation[9].
  • detective's Unicode character is recorded as 🕵[10].
  • detective's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Detectives[11].
  • detective's different from is recorded as private investigator[12].
  • detective's different from is recorded as detective fiction[13].
  • detective's different from is recorded as manuscriptologist[14].
  • detective's different from is recorded as Detektor (periodical)[15].
  • detective's different from is recorded as detector[16].
  • detective's uses is recorded as still camera[17].
  • detective's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'detektivka'}[18].
  • detective's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'محققة'}[19].
  • detective's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'detectiva'}[20].
  • detective's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'détective'}[21].
  • detective's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Detektivin'}[22].
  • detective's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pt-br', 'text': 'detetive'}[23].
  • detective's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'detective'}[24].
  • detective's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'detektivka'}[25].
  • detective's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'detektyvė'}[26].
  • detective's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Detektivin'}[27].

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Definition and Type

detective's instance of is recorded as profession[3]. Recorded subclass of include investigator[4] and peace officer[5].

Why It Matters

detective ranks in the top 3% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,686 views/month).[2] detective has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] detective is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Femme, j'écris ton nom.... wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · PinTweaks · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bew', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'diq', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q7325675]], Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → detectives
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: detectives, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919471|detectives (#289919471)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 16w ago · Jheald · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → profession
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q15632617]]"
  4. 22w ago · Arlo Barnes · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → —
    Different from → private investigator, detective fiction, manuscriptologist +2
    Field of this occupation → law enforcement, criminal investigation, criminal investigation
    Instance of → profession
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q10470157]]"
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