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Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Literature
  • Cinematography
  • Theatre and Opera
DEF

A detective story or a mystery story presented as a novel, a play, or a motion picture.

CONT

Part soap opera, part whodunit, the von Bulow case was an intricate medical mystery combined with titillating glimpses of the private passions of Newport's very rich.

OBS

From the substandard expression "who done it."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Littérature
  • Cinématographie
  • Théâtre et Opéra
OBS

Ce terme ne signifie pas seulement «roman policier» mais désigne également tout ce qui repose sur une histoire policière : film, pièce, émission, scénario, feuilleton, etc.

OBS

polar [argot familier] : Roman policier. [...] Film policier.

Spanish

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