wheredunit

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noun

A type of detective story in which significant focus is placed on the location in which the crime was committed.

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nounwheredunit (plural wheredunits)

plural wheredunits · alternative wheredunnit

  1. A type of detective story in which significant focus is placed on the location in which the crime was committed.
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    "The Chaser" is less whodunit than wheredunit, perversely withholding the location of Young-min's home from everyone but the viewer, who gets to know Seoul's Mangwon district quite intimately as Jung-ho, his bumbling sidekick Meathead (Koo Bon-woong) and other cops run around it in infuriating circles.

    2008 May 17, Justin Chang, “The Chaser”, in Variety

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APA

wheredunit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheredunit

MLA

“wheredunit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheredunit. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheredunit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheredunit.

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