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Inspector Police Rank Officer Noun Person Employed Government

word inspector
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An inspector is a person, usually employed by a government agency, whose job is to find out whether people are obeying official regulations.
The mill was finally shut down by state safety inspectors.
In Britain, an inspector is an officer in the police who is higher in rank than a sergeant and lower in rank than a superintendent.
Last week gunmen attacked the airport killing a police inspector.
I got on the phone to Inspector Joplin at Scotland Yard.
In the United States, an inspector is an officer in the police who is next in rank to a superintendent or police chief.
...San Francisco police inspector Tony Camileri.
inflections inspectors
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