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    PRIVATE EYE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect informationplay

    Synonyms:

    operative; PI; private detective; private eye; private investigator; shamus; sherlock

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("private eye" is a kind of...):

    detective (an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "private eye"):

    hotel detective; house detective; house dick (a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store)

    inquiry agent (a private detective)

    store detective (a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage)

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