(person) by lovebear Fri Jan 21 2000 at 19:26:30
  1. The title given to a person in charge of investigating crime, like a government-appointed detective.
  2. A musical starring Danny Kaye, popular for the gypsy song, based on a story by an author whose name I've forgotten about a peasant who gets mistaken for the new Inspector-General of a town and ends up doing a better job than the guy that the government originally sent.
I like it!