private detective

Noun

Meaning

someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

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Antonyms

raider corsair buccaneer highwayman marauder bandit
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Hypernyms

detective

Hyponyms

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Examples

The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic in every sense but one, that one sense being that in life as we know it such a man would not be a private detective. Raymond Chandler

I am a private detective. I am paid to be inquisitive and presumptuous. Douglas Adams

I used to work as a private detective years and years ago. Errol Morris

I'll survive,” Floyd said. "I'm a private detective. If I don't get clouted on the head at least once a week, I'm not doing my job properly. Alastair Reynolds

At the time, Morris had been making a living as a private investigator for a well-known private detective agency that specialized in Wall Street cases. Source: Internet

From science fiction episodes to the most popular “Barnaby Druthers” private detective, the episodes are not only presented vocally with clarity and expression, but written with sharp wit and originality. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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