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Private detective

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available

    "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."

  2. 2
    someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations wordnet

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