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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person privately hired to do investigative or detective work.
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- noun An
agent hired by aprivate party for the purpose ofinvestigation orevidence gathering.
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- noun someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
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