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tec

(tɛk) or

'tec

n
informal short for detective

TEC

(tɛk)
(in Britain) n acronym for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Training and Enterprise Council. See Training Agency
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tec - a police officer who investigates crimestec - a police officer who investigates crimes
detective, police detective, investigator
gumshoe, hawkshaw - someone who is a detective
plainclothesman - a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
tracer - an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
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I remember going to the old place in Whitehall, years ago, and being shown round by one of the tip-top 'tecs. And this may be another."
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The coastal province of Mersin has fully integrated, but in southern Turkey, Gaziantep and Sanliurfa provinces, TECs are still in the transition process, which aims to be completed by 2020.
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As we know it, the positive and negative selections of thymocytes are mediated by thymic epithelial cells (TECs), the predominant component in the thymic microenvironment.
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The predecessors of the TECs, the engineer commands, were the senior engineer headquarters in the operational plans of U.S.
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The procedures governing TECS have two key requirements for taxpayer information to be included:
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Invited to bat TECS scored 202 runs for the loss of six wickets off their quota of 20 overs.
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Conventional TEC solutions (sometimes referred to as "bulk" TECs) have been used for years to control the temperature of electronics.
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TECS deals in electrical, mechanical and oil & gas industry products and has only one showroom which is located in Sohar.
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Included in the bulletin are photos of the 17 men, accompanied by their dates of birth and their TECS Lookout numbers.
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