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private investigator

noun

  1. private detective. : PI, p.i., P.I.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of private investigator1

First recorded in 1935–40

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Example Sentences

Fama now has a private investigator who says he is actively working the case.

The message came from a transcript of micro-cassettes recovered from private investigator Gleen Mulcaire's home.

Rowe spent his last years working as a private investigator in Savannah, Georgia.

Others, like Los Angeles private investigator Jan Tucker, suspect Dorner may be getting help.

The university then hired a private investigator, whose findings were shared with the family on Jan. 5.

All a private investigator needed was one good break like this, and he was made.

I took the liberty of having a private investigator check into your background.

Luciferous Warniferous, the world's great private investigator.

She has put the matter in the hands of a private investigator.

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