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PRIVATE EYE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

Synonyms:

operative; PI; private detective; private eye; private investigator; shamus; sherlock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("private eye" is a kind of...):

detective (an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "private eye"):

hotel detective; house detective; house dick (a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store)

inquiry agent (a private detective)

store detective (a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage)

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