PI
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3.7
- noun
- /piː aɪ/
:
detective privado
- My dad is a PI.
It's probably my first wife because we're going to court soon on some custody issue and she's probably hired some Pi to see what I'm doing.
- It's probably my first wife because we're going to court soon on some custody issue and she's probably hired some Pi to see what I'm doing.
Examples
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With your years of experience as a PI, would you call that a reliable lead?
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And you had her followed by a PI?
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After my dad was run out of office, he got his PI license and opened an agency.
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And then you became a PI?
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Not anymore, I'm a PI now.
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Neely, a PI named Leo McCarthy wants to have five minutes of your time.
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Miss Morris, with all due respect, we're the FBI and you're a young PI who specializes in infidelity photography.
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A newly minted Minnesota PI investigates a suspicious hunting accident, uncovering a brutal small-town secret.
Academic text (2011) -
After my dad was run out of office, he got his PI license and opened an agency.
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I'm hoping this PI can help us figure out where Krystal was the morning of Preston's accident.
Synonyms
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2.7
A police officer who investigates crimes and finds out what happened
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7.3
A person who works as a secret agent or detective
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3.7
A person hired to find facts about crimes or private matters who is not a police officer
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3.4
A person who is not a police officer and is paid to investigate crimes
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4.2
A person hired to find out information for someone, often about crimes
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9.9
A person paid to find information about crimes or people
Compounds
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
PI can also mean private investigator, where private means 'not public' and investigator means 'someone who looks into things'. So a PI is a person you can hire to find information or solve a case.