private detective

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private detective

See private investigator.

private detective

(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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Noun

private detective - someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock, operative, PI

detective - an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

hotel detective, house detective, house dick - a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store

inquiry agent - a private detective

store 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.

Translations

private detective private investigator n → investigatore/trice or detective m/f inv privato/a

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