inspector : Idioms & Phrases
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Brigade inspector
- an officer whose duty is to inspect troops in companies before they are mustered into service.
Webster 1913
Inspector general
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noun a military officer responsible for investigations
WordNet
(Mil.) , a staff officer of an army, whose duties are those of inspection, and embrace everything relative to organization, recruiting, discharge, administration, accountability for money and property, instruction, police, and discipline.
Webster 1913
inspector maigret
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noun a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon
Commissaire Maigret.
WordNet
office of inspector general
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noun the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission
OIG.
WordNet
Police inspector
- an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent.