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Back in 2009, Crone told Parliament that the phone-hacking allegations concerned only one rogue reporter and a private detective.

But it did not take a private detective or a biographer like Walter Isaacson to uncover these transgressions.

Frustrated by the Portuguese authorities, they hired their own private detective to follow up on countless sightings and leads.

The very next morning,” Lorsch recalled, “I hired a private detective and found the bankruptcy.

Law enforcement was something of a family business: Two uncles were police officers and his grandfather was a private detective.

So did my versatile friend, joyously confident in his powers, start on his glorious career as a private detective.

He became a successful corporation lawyer and I starved for a while and then I became a private detective.

Allen was acting in two capacities at this time—that of lawyer and that of private detective.

In return the officials of the concern said they would put a private detective on the case, and this was done.

"Thank you;" he bowed over her hand, then turned to the private detective.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to private detective, such as: detective, gumshoe, private eye, private investigator, sleuth, and beagle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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