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Synonyms of private eye
a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons
- unable to get the interest of the police, they hired a private eye to find their missing daughter
Synonyms for private eye
- detective,
- dick,
- gumshoe,
- hawkshaw,
- investigator,
- operative,
- private detective,
- private investigator,
- shamus
- [slang],
- sherlock,
- sleuth,
- sleuthhound
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The first known use of private eye was in 1938
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