"private investigator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: private investigators [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} private investigator (plural private investigators)
  1. An agent hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering. Wikipedia link: private investigator Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Synonyms: dick, gumshoe, PI, private eye, private detective, private dick, snoop Related terms: skip tracing Translations (agent hired by a private party): 私人偵探 (Chinese Mandarin), 私人侦探 (sīrén zhēntàn) (Chinese Mandarin), yksityisetsivä (Finnish), détective privé [masculine] (French), privatdetektiv [common-gender] (Swedish)

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