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单词 private investigator
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private investigator
private investigator n. = private detective n.In early quots. not a fixed collocation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection > person engaged in
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Sherlock1903
Sherlockian1903
Pink1904
peeper1908
private dick1912
op1924
shamus1925
private eye1938
PI1953
peep1974
1874 W. G. Sumner Hist. Amer. Currency i. 75 The banks were as recalcitrant about giving statistics, either to the Secretary of the Treasury or private investigators, as about any of their other duties.
1885 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 1 May A communication..by the State Veterinary Surgeon... ‘I went to Fulton as a private investigator nearly three weeks ago.’]
1894 Standard 28 Dec. 1/2 (advt.) Eugene Harvey.—Private Investigator. Missing friends found, private inquiries, secret watchings.
1909 Northeastern Reporter 86 375 Also Mrs. Eva Herndon, a private investigator for the United States postal authorities, who testified, in substance, that she had a talk with Mrs. Hagenow at her home on January 22, 1907.
1940 R. Chandler Farewell, my Lovely iii. 21 Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. One of those guys, huh?
1995 i-D Aug. 48/1 McDonalds sent private investigators to London Greenpeace meetings to sniff out individuals to press charges against.
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