tec1
/tɛk
/noun informal, dated
A detective.JEALOUS Debbie hired a private 'tec to find out if Jim was cheating on her....
- You would have to prove your statements are true and this would probably mean using a private tec, which is expensive.
Origin
Late 19th century: abbreviation.
Rhymes
TEC2
/tɛk/abbreviation historical
(In the UK) Training and Enterprise Council.
- communal
- communalise
- communalism
- communalist
- communalistic
- communality
- communalization
- communalize
- communalizer
- communal land
- communal lands
- communally
- communar
- communard
- communautaire
- commune
- communer
- communibus annis
- communicability
- communicable
- communicableness
- communicably
- communicant
- communicate
- communication