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private eye(noun, expression, agent, spy, informer)
5
operative
5
private detective(noun, gumshoe, investigator, detective, dick)
5
sleuth(noun, agent, spy, informer, reporter)
4
PI(noun, eye, police, gumshoe, detective)
4
detective(noun, police, gumshoe, investigator, dick)
4
shamus(noun, agent, spy, police, informer)
4
snoop(noun, agent, spy, informer, reporter)
3
fed(agent, spy, police, informer, reporter)
2
bird dog(noun, expression, agent, spy, police)
2
dick(noun, agent, eye, spy, informer)
2
gumshoe(noun, agent, eye, spy, informer)
2
peeper(noun, agent, spy, police, informer)
2
sherlock
1
Sherlock Holmes(expression, agent, spy, informer, gumshoe)
1
agent(noun, spy, informer, reporter, gumshoe)
1
analyst(agent, spy, informer, reporter, gumshoe)
1
beagle
1
bloodhound(noun, agent, spy, police, informer)
1
bull(agent, spy, informer, reporter, gumshoe)
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