private detective

private detective

noun

Definition of PRIVATE DETECTIVE

: private investigator

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

Related to PRIVATE DETECTIVE

Synonyms: dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus [slang], sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound

Related Words: shadow, tail, tracer, tracker; fed, Federal, G-man, narc (or nark) [slang], plainclothesman

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Rhymes with PRIVATE DETECTIVE

intersubjective