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Meanings of
private investigator
in English
Russian
частный детектив
Portuguese
detetive
Catalan
investigador privat
Spanish
agente
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Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.
operative
sherlock
shamus
private detective
PI
private eye
inquiry agent
p. i.
Related terms
profession
Russian
частный детектив
Synonyms
Examples for "
operative
"
operative
sherlock
shamus
private detective
PI
Examples for "
operative
"
1
I need to let the tower know which flight plan is
operative
.
2
She's a good choice to work with the CIA
operative
.
He backtracked.
3
Introduction: Controversy exists concerning the importance of
operative
time on patient outcomes.
4
Only a few studies are available on long-term results after
operative
treatment.
5
The concomitant procedures incurred an additional mean
operative
time of 61 minutes.
1
From the point of view of the criminal expert, said Mr.
Sherlock
2
Janet Salter held up her book and said, 'I'm reading
Sherlock
Holmes.'
3
Today, according to respected Holmes scholar Christopher Morley, is
Sherlock
Holmes' birthday.
4
Within minutes the place was a smoke-filled den of tipsy
Sherlock
Holmses.
5
This week we meet Lee
Sherlock
,
student and model at NotAnother agency.
1
A single outcropping might have stopped our progress for a disastrous instant, shattering stone, shield, succubus, and
shamus
into one big mess.
2
In the first episode, Ice Station Santa, the canine
shamus
and rabbity thing travel to the North Pole to fight Claus himself, for some reason.
3
Cooper shifted his attention back to
Shamus
after that instant's distraction.
4
While Sirius was sniffing them, Basil leaned down, and called him
Shamus
O'Cat.
5
Bill replaced
Shamus
and they're both mated, in any case.
1
Occupation: Former police officer turned
private
detective
;
peerless solver of mysterious murders.
2
Youre a free dwarf now, and every
private
detective
needs a partner.
3
In August, the
private
detective
industry reported, cheerfully, an uptick in business.
4
The way I've got it, you're a
private
detective
working for Mark.
5
Well, I've just been talking to Mr. Denman-youremember, the
private
detective
.
1
However, levels of E-alpha 1
PI
complex usually increased in these cases.
2
The median survival time of patients managed with
PI
was 23 months.
3
Conclusion: NRSs are applicable for unidimensional assessment of
PI
in most settings.
4
Similarly, no detectable changes in
RA
-
PI
were noted in patients undergoing TACE.
5
First, the whole population was antigen tested and all
PI
cattle removed.
1
I agree, but the good news
is
-
no
private
eye
cases right now.
2
Within a few minutes, Cowles probably knew I was a
private
eye
.
3
For your
private
eye
:
it is a dying man who speaks thus.
4
Clients like a hint of danger when they hire a
private
eye
.
5
Garret would also hire a
private
eye
to check for dirty laundry.
1
Slattin has a rotten reputation-evenfor a private
inquiry
agent
.
2
For that purpose it would not be a bad idea to employ a private
inquiry
agent
.
3
The private
inquiry
agent
that Tom had engaged to find O'Malley had been unsuccessful in his work.
4
He believed it was the private
inquiry
agent
whom he had shaken off so effectively in Hyde Park.
5
The private
inquiry
agent
spoke confidentially.
1
Hence we read in the profession of faith at Ephesus ( P. I., chap.
2
The five other cipher experts of the P. I.
3
Chief of The Ethnological Survey, Manila, P. I.
4
Secretary of the Interior, Manila, P. I.
5
Yes: to the P. I. sports.
Usage of
private investigator
in English
1
However, police today found the unlicensed
private
investigator
had done nothing wrong.
2
After he'd left, Storm said, I'm a
private
investigator
-
just
like
Jedidiah said.
3
Right now I'm just a
private
investigator
who's run out of leads.
4
She has put the matter in the hands of a
private
investigator
.
5
The
private
investigator
had left behind an adult daughter and two grandchildren.
6
He also admits that he once met another
private
investigator
Jonathan Rees.
7
Mr Mulcaire was the
private
investigator
jailed for phone hacking in 2006.
8
But the thing is that my father, uh, is a
private
investigator
.
9
My name is John Taylor, and I operate as a
private
investigator
.
10
His accomplice,
private
investigator
Glenn Mulcaire, is given a six-month prison term.
11
The say-so of one
private
investigator
wouldn't begin to do the trick.
12
A good
private
investigator
is essentially a professional asker of questions.
13
International Mineral Resources hired a
private
investigator
to follow Mr Akhmetshin to London.
14
Large sums of money were being paid to the
private
investigator
Glenn Mulcaire.
15
Sean is a
private
investigator
and I was helping him with a case.
16
Steven's hired a
private
investigator
,
and she's good at finding people.
Other examples for "private investigator"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
private
investigator
private
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
private investigator
Russian
частный детектив
Portuguese
detetive
detetive particular
detective particular
Catalan
investigador privat
agent
detectiu
detectiu privat
Spanish
agente
detective
detectives privados
detective privado
investigador privado
Private investigator
through the time
Private investigator
across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
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