hawkshaw

hawkshaw

noun

Definition of HAWKSHAW

a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons <the firm hired a hawkshaw to find out who was fencing stock from their warehouse>

Synonyms dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, private 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