Usually means: Professional conducting confidential investigative services.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word private investigator:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. private investigator: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. private investigator: Merriam-Webster
  3. private investigator: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. private investigator: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. private investigator: Collins English Dictionary
  6. private investigator: Vocabulary.com
  7. private investigator: Wiktionary
  8. private investigator: Dictionary.com
  9. Private Investigator (Indian TV Series), Private Investigator, Private Investigator, Private investigator: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Private investigator: Rhymezone
  11. private investigator: FreeDictionary.org
  12. private investigator: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. private investigator: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. private investigator: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. private investigator: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (private investigator)

▸ noun:  An agent hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering.

Similar:
private detective, operative, Sherlock, private eye, pi, detective, investigator, coinvestigator, skip tracer, investigatress, more...

Opposite:
public investigator

Types:
private detective, private eye, PI, inquisitor, more...

Adjectives:
detective, ass, attendant, party, commanding, representative, meet, empl, attending, tactic, careerist

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Similar:
private detective, operative, Sherlock, private eye, pi, detective, investigator, coinvestigator, skip tracer, investigatress, more...

Opposite:
public investigator

Types:
private detective, private eye, PI, inquisitor, more...

Adjectives:
detective, ass, attendant, party, commanding, representative, meet, empl, attending, tactic, careerist



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