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{
"word": "private dick"
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{
"word": "Sam Spade"
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"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
"word": "privaatspeurder"
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"word": "detectiu privat"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "investigador privat"
},
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"code": "yue",
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"roman": "si¹ gaa¹ zing¹ taam³",
"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
"word": "私家偵探 /私家侦探"
},
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"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
"word": "私人偵探 /私人侦探"
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"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
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"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
"word": "yksityisetsivä"
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"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
"word": "özel dedektif"
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"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
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"roman": "si¹ gaa¹ zing¹ taam³",
"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
"word": "私家偵探 /私家侦探"
},
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"word": "私人偵探 /私人侦探"
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
"word": "eradetektiiv"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
"word": "yksityisetsivä"
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"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
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"word": "magánnyomozó"
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"roman": "pryvatnyj detektyv",
"sense": "person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "приватний детектив"
}
],
"word": "private detective"
}
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