private detective

private detective

n. See private investigator.

private detective

n (Law) an individual privately employed to investigate a crime, keep watch on a suspected person, or make other inquiries. Also called: private investigator

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private detective - someone who can be employed as a detective to collect informationprivate eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock, operative, PIdetective - an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the publichotel detective, house detective, house dick - a private detective employed by a hotel or retail storeinquiry agent - a private detectivestore detective - a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage

private detective

noun private investigator, detective, private eye (informal), sleuth (informal), gumshoe (U.S. & Canad.), private dick (U.S. & Canad.) She hired a private detective to search for evidence.

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