"skip tracer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skip tracers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skip tracer (plural skip tracers)
  1. A private investigator or private detective who specializes in finding people who have attempted to disappear. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: skiptracer, skip-tracer Derived forms: skiptrace, skip tracing
    Sense id: en-skip_tracer-en-noun-6y7QeJWs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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Alternative forms

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