Usually means: Investigators solving cases outside police.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word private detectives:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. private detectives: Merriam-Webster
  2. private detectives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. private detectives: Vocabulary.com
  4. private detectives: Wiktionary
  5. Private detectives: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. private detectives: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Private detectives: Encyclopedia

(Note: See private_detective as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (private detective)

noun:  Person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available
▸ Also see private_detective


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