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1private detective — private detectives N COUNT A private detective is someone who you can pay to find missing people or do other kinds of investigation for you. The money enabled her to hire a private detective to search for evidence that would clear him. Syn:… …
2private detective — n: private investigator Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
3private detective — (also private investigator) ► NOUN ▪ a freelance detective carrying out investigations for private clients …
4private detective — noun someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information (Freq. 11) • Syn: ↑PI, ↑private eye, ↑private investigator, ↑operative, ↑shamus, ↑sherlock • Hypernyms: ↑ …
5private detective */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms private detective : singular private detective plural private detectives someone who is paid to follow people secretly or to find out information about their lives …
6private detective — detective who works for and is paid by a private client …
7private detective — private de tective n someone who can be employed to look for information or missing people, or to follow people and report on what they do …
8private detective — private de tective noun count * someone who is paid to follow people secretly or to find out information about their lives …
9private detective — a detective who is not a member of an official force but is employed by private parties. Also called private investigator. [1865 70] * * * …
10private detective — noun a freelance detective carrying out investigations for private clients …
