private detective

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private detective (plural private detectives)

  1. Person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available
    • 1946, The Big Sleep (motion picture), spoken by Vivian (Lauren Bacall):
      So you're a private detective? I didn't know they existed, except in books, or else they were greasy little men snooping around hotel corridors.

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