单词 | private investigator |
释义 | > as lemmasprivate investigator private investigator n. = private detective n.In early quots. not a fixed collocation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection > person engaged in private detective1857 eye1874 Pinkerton1877 ferret1891 consultant1894 private investigator1894 Sherlock Holmes1896 operative1901 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. < as lemmas |
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