private detective

private detective

n.

See private investigator.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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