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Detective agency   /dɪtˈɛktɪv ˈeɪdʒənsi/   Listen
Detective agency

noun
1.
An agency that makes inquiries for its clients.





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"Detective agency" Quotes from Famous Books



... a shrewd man, and has engineered many a knotty case to a successful issue, thereby covering himself with glory. This was in the past, however; in the days when he had been regularly attached to a strong and reliable detective agency. ...
— The Diamond Coterie • Lawrence L. Lynch
... imprisoned Mafiosi mingle with one another freely whenever ears are open near by, and you will surely get results." Seeing him frown in thought, she continued, after a moment, "You told me of a great detective agency—one which sent that man Corte here ...
— The Net • Rex Beach
... went down to a detective agency and left a memorandum. A few days later he received a message from the agency: "Yes, he is the same man. He frequents the pool-rooms a good deal. Came from Kentucky. He used to be known as ...
— Mam' Lyddy's Recognition - 1908 • Thomas Nelson Page
... arose and pored over the city directory. Then he put on his shoes, took a cab, and departed into the night. Twice he changed cabs, and finally fetched up at the night office of a detective agency. He superintended the thing himself, laid down money in advance in profuse quantities, selected the six men he needed, and gave them their instructions. Never, for so simple a task, had they been so well paid; for, to each, in addition ...
— Burning Daylight • Jack London
... this "Government by Gunmen," and the writer in his muckraking days wrote a novel about it, "King Coal." The man who directed the militia during this coal strike was A. C. Felts of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, who was killed just the other day while governing several coal counties in ...
— 100%: The Story of a Patriot • Upton Sinclair


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