private investigator
Example Sentences
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“I even hired some local private investigator to find her, but no luck.”
From Literature
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The actress became emotional as she gave evidence in her case against the paper's publisher - which includes a claim that a reporter learned about her terminated pregnancy through a private investigator.
From BBC
But ANL's lead lawyer has countered that evidence will prove it sourced its stories legitimately and that claims around the use of private investigators were "clutching at straws in the wind".
From Barron's
She is also claiming for ten more articles which "were written by journalists who were commissioning other private investigators to do similar unlawful things", she said in her statement.
From BBC
The allegations around payments to private investigators were "clutching at straws in the wind", White added on Tuesday.
From Barron's
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