skip tracer

or skip-tracer

noun

1. an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.

skip tracer

noun

1. a person employed to search for missing debtors or defendants who have absconded whilst on bail

Other Words From

• skip tracing noun

Example Sentences

Giovanni Ribisi’s Marius, just out of prison in the Amazon series “Sneaky Pete,” was hoping to skate away from his troubles when he assumed the identity of his former cellmate Pete and joined his new family’s bail bond business as a skip tracer — a criminal trying to outsmart other criminals.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1984, Ahearn left the detective agency and set up as a freelance skip tracer.

From The Guardian

A former New York skip tracer – a private investigator who finds people who have “skipped” town – turned professional “disappearer”, Ahearn offers a range of freelance services, everything from helping to restore your privacy on the internet to driving your family across Europe and into a new life.

From The Guardian

There he sat next to a skip tracer.

From The Guardian

“There are two types of skip tracer: passive ones, who use databases and directories to find people; and aggressive ones, who carry out social engineering to find their prey.”

From The Guardian

Related Words

• detective
• gumshoe
• private eye
• private investigator
• sleuth