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Synonyms of private detective
a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons
- when the police insisted that it was an accident and not murder, she hired a private detective
Synonyms for private detective
- detective,
- dick,
- gumshoe,
- hawkshaw,
- investigator,
- operative,
- private eye,
- private investigator,
- shamus
- [slang],
- sherlock,
- sleuth,
- sleuthhound
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The first known use of private detective was in 1861
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