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superintendent 1. (in Britain) a senior police officer higher in rank than an inspector but lower than a chief superintendent 2. (in the US) the head of a police department How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Superintendent Seegrave, of your local police force, and two of his men. I saw the superintendent himself, in a private office so fine that it almost stunned me. The superintendent of police, who had that morning by Count Rostopchin's orders to burn the barges and had in connection with that matter acquired a large sum of money which was at that moment in his pocket, on seeing a crowd bearing down upon him told his coachman to stop. |
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