Definition of "private eye" []

• See private investigator. (noun)

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• "My office suite was in the same building on the second floor, and from there I played private eye in between assignments from the OIA."
• "He may not've been the traditional private eye who tossed back Scotch on the job but this boy loved his beer."
• "It was, however, considerably more popular and was used by every security, private eye or industrial espionage outfit that could afford the eight-thousand-dollar price tag."