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mystery notes
Term | Definition |
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Investgation | A searching inquiry for ascertaining facts; detailed or careful examination. |
Detective | A member of the police force or a private investigator whose function is to obtain information and evidence , as of offenses against the law. |
Suspicious | Tending to cause suspicion; questionable . |
Culprit | A person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offence or fault. |
Clues | Anything that serves to guide or direct in solution of a problem and a mystery. |
Motive | Something that causes a person to act in a certain way/do a certain thing. |
Alibi | Law the defense by an accused of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed . |
Evidence | That which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof. |
Infer | to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence. |
Integrate | To bring together or incorporate (parts) into |
investigate | To examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail. |
Red Herring | Something intended to divert attention from the real problem or matter at hand; a misleading clue. |
Sleuth | Bloodhound; dog for tracking |