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Meanings of private eye in English

Portuguese
detetive
Catalan
investigador privat
Spanish
agente
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Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.

      detetive
      Usage of private eye in English
      1
      I agree, but the good news is-noprivate eye cases right now.
      Getting old is tres dangereux
      2
      Within a few minutes, Cowles probably knew I was a private eye.
      Body work
      3
      For your private eye: it is a dying man who speaks thus.
      The Bride of the Nile — Volume 09
      4
      Clients like a hint of danger when they hire a private eye.
      A Hard Day’s Knight
      5
      Garret would also hire a private eye to check for dirty laundry.
      Act of treason
      6
      A private eye's main work is spying on unfaithful spouses, right?
      Evil and the Mask
      7
      Could I make the private eye novel work in the UK?
      The Guardian
      8
      I don't think I've ever met a real private eye before.
      Hell to pay
      9
      No private eye has to tell you it's a long goodbye.
      Love is a mix tape: life and loss, one song at a time
      10
      The private eye apparently discovered that Pitt was partying hard in the UK.
      News.com.au
      11
      Spencer contacts a private eye to help her stalk her stalker.
      Crushed
      12
      His private eye experience had made him an expert at it.
      A Raging Storm
      13
      He tasked famed private eye Fred Otash with delivering more than 100 subpoenas.
      Reuters
      14
      You're the private eye, you're the legendary John Taylor; do something!
      The unnatural inquirer
      15
      There's a lot more to being a private eye than most people realise.
      The unnatural inquirer
      16
      Because you are the existential private eye, who can persuade anyone of anything.
      The Bride Wore Black Leather
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      Translations for private eye
      Portuguese
      detetive
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      Ireland
      Common
      United States of America
      Common
      United Kingdom
      Common