We found 19 dictionaries that define the word private detective:

General (16 matching dictionaries)

1. private detective: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2. private detective: Merriam-Webster
3. private detective: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
4. private detective: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
5. private detective: Collins English Dictionary
6. private detective: Vocabulary.com
7. private detective: Wiktionary
8. private detective: Infoplease Dictionary
9. private detective: Dictionary.com
10. Private Detective (film), Private detective: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
11. private detective: Rhymezone
12. private detective: FreeDictionary.org
13. private detective: Mnemonic Dictionary
14. private detective: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

15. private detective: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

16. private detective: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

17. private detective: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See private_detectives 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 Similar: private investigator, operative, Sherlock, private eye, pi, detective, house detective, skip tracer, investigator, coinvestigator, more... Phrases: Richard Diamond, Private Detective, more... ▸ Words similar to private detective ▸ Usage examples for private detective ▸ Idioms related to private detective ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Words that often appear near private detective ▸ Rhymes of private detective ▸ Invented words related to private detective