'tec

plural 'tecs · alternative tec

1. slangA detective.

   "You're a marvel, that's wot you are," ses the 'tec, shaking his 'ead. "Have one with me."

   1909, W.W. Jacobs, Self-Help

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   "In the morning the blessed 'tecs will be out in all the stations, no doubt. And if they once got hold of her, for one reason or another she would be lost to him indeed."

   1907, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

   A collection of battered churns, looking like the jars for Ali-Baba's thieves, stood at one end of the room. A 'tec could hide in one of those, thought Robin.

   1963, Barbara Euphan Todd, Jill Crockford, Detective Worzel Gummidge

alternative Tec

1. slanglifestyleDetective Comics (an American comic book series)

   Of course, the Batman’s debut in ’Tec #27 is tame by comparison

   2006, Mark Voger, The Dark Age: Grim, Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics

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   Batman was, of course, meant to fill the role of its traditional contrast with Detective -- if 'Tec is about crime stories, then Batman is a full-on superhero adventure

   2014 August 1, Chris Sims, “Ask Chris #205: The Worst Story From The Best Writer”, in ComicsAlliance

   Couple all that with the fact that Alvaro Martinez is on art duty for this story (he’s been my favorite Tec artist since Rebirth started) and I think what you have here is a tale worth reading.

   2018 February 28, Brandon Mulholand, “Detective Comics #975 review”, in Batman News