private detective
Example Sentences
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It is the first of five novels starring Neal Carey: “a graduate student who, much like me,” the author wrote, “was too busy making a living as a private detective to finish his degree.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Marten's family also hired a private detective to find her.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
After the alleged extortion started, Huang said, he hired an attorney and a private detective and began surreptitiously recording conversations with the defendants.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2024
This much I can tell you: Colin Farrell plays a private detective in “Sugar.”
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024
“Mr. Comstock had received some information,” a private detective wrote, noting that Comstock had reported that on May 14 an unidentified man had been seen lurking on the hill where Whitehorn’s body was subsequently found.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
