Privatdetektiv — meaning in English

English meaning

• detective noun A police officer or investigator who gathers evidence to solve crimes.
• snoop verb To secretly investigate or pry into someone else's private matters.

Senses

Privatdetektiv is used for these senses in English:

• detective A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
• private detective Person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available
• private eye (idiomatic) A private personal detective, employed to gather information about someone.
• snoop A private detective.

detective — full definition

1. noun A police officer or investigator who gathers evidence to solve crimes.
2. noun A person hired privately to investigate and find information.

snoop — full definition

1. verb To secretly investigate or pry into someone else's private matters.
2. noun A person who snoops, or the act of snooping.

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