private detective

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private detective

noun

Definition of PRIVATE DETECTIVE

Examples of PRIVATE DETECTIVE

  1. <when the police insisted that it was an accident and not murder, she hired a private detective>

First Known Use of PRIVATE DETECTIVE

1861

Rhymes with PRIVATE DETECTIVE

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