whodunit

Romanian translation: roman poliţist

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00:54 Oct 12, 2020
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English term or phrase: whodunit
Definition from Merriam-Webster:
A detective story or mystery story.

Example sentence(s):
  • A good way to kill the suspense in your whodunit is to make your antagonist predictable and cartoonish. Alyssa Mackay
  • Are we in a new Golden Age of the whodunit? Telegraph
  • While Agatha Christie is still the first to spring to mind when thinking of the ultimate ‘whodunit’ books, detectives, murderers and victims have changed a lot since then; the breadth of crime, thrillers, detective and psychological novels out there, keeping us on tenterhooks until the last few pages, is vast. WH Smith
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Romanian translation:roman poliţist
Definition:
Roman (sau film) polițist = roman (sau film) a cărui intrigă, desfășurată în ritm alert, e construită de obicei în jurul unei anchete criminalistice sau judiciare.
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roman poliţist


Definition from Dexonline:
Roman (sau film) polițist = roman (sau film) a cărui intrigă, desfășurată în ritm alert, e construită de obicei în jurul unei anchete criminalistice sau judiciare.

Example sentence(s):
  • Primul roman polițist modern a fost scris de Edgar Allan Poe și se numea The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Wikipedia  
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