private investigator in English

noun

1

a freelance detective who carries out investigations on behalf of private clients.

noun

private detective, pi, shamus, private eye, operative

Use "private investigator" in a sentence

1. Bood had a similar story for Williams, the private investigator

2. Contestants are also required to meet with a private investigator who will perform a background check on you

3. If you need a private investigator, executive protection, or help with another security matter, call Aardwolf International at [phone].

4. Bergerac, originally starring John Nettles as the titular private investigator, was a police procedural drama set on the island of Jersey

5. On Episode 11 of Culpable, a team was put together by private investigator Sheila Wysocki to join forces and look into the Andreacchio case

6. Frank Cannon is an overweight, balding ex-cop with a deep voice and expensive tastes in culinary pleasures; he becomes a high-priced private investigator.

7. The lead character, the titular Alack Sinner, is a private investigator who was frozen out of the NYPD for having the guts to actually do his job in a city saturated with corruption

8. 15 Today, I found out that my overprotective parents hired a private investigator a month ago, who since then has been watching my perfectly normal boyfriend, in case he "tries to rape or kill" me.

9. In the "technical sector" the following training courses were included: forester, technical consulting, labour leasing, employment agent, investment adviser, private investigator, security guard, real estate agent, real estate manager, advertising and promotion agency, building project organiser, debt-collecting institute, insurance consultant, master builder or wood builder/planning and technical calculation.