private detectives (noun)

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• private detective */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms private detective : singular private detective plural private detectives someone who is paid to follow people secretly or to find out information about their lives …   English dictionary

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• store detective — noun a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage • Hypernyms: ↑private detective, ↑PI, ↑private eye, ↑private investigator, ↑operative, ↑shamus, ↑sherlock * * * store detective UK US …   Useful english dictionary

• detective — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ private ▪ She hired a private detective to follow her husband. ▪ undercover ▪ store ▪ The store detective was keeping a close eye on a suspected shoplifter …   Collocations dictionary

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• detective — de·tec·tive n: a person engaged or employed in detecting lawbreakers or in getting information that is not readily or publicly accessible a police detective hired a private detective Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary