private detective
Example Sentences
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Claude, meanwhile, having left the police to become a private detective, is obsessed with solving a string of related wartime murders, including that of Huguette’s father.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
The move was recommended by the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel report, which looked at the force's handling of the unsolved murder of private detective Daniel Morgan.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 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
Both articles were produced during a period when the newspaper has acknowledged paying the private detective explicitly to obtain material surreptitiously.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2024
She would have to hire a detective, a very private detective, who had not been associated with her in her practice or in the courts.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
