skip-tracer
Locates missing debtors
A skip-tracer is someone who tracks down people who have "skipped"—left without notice or forwarding address.
The work typically involves locating debtors who've defaulted on loans, bail jumpers, deadbeat parents, or heirs to estates.
Skip-tracers use public records, databases, and investigative techniques to find people who don't want to be found: The collection agency hired a skip-tracer to locate him.
Professional crime investigator
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- gumshoeInformal term for detective
- locatingDetermining position of
- searchAct of seeking
inquiry · clues · leads · evidence · witnesses · informant · deduction · profiling
One who owes
- absconderOne who flees secretly
- runawayOne who flees
- deadbeatPerson avoiding owed payments
- evaderOne who gets away
whereabouts · locate · hunt · pursuit · disappear · vanish · hiding · evasive
Prolonged covert observation
- shadowingFollowing to observe
- tailRear animal appendage
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- observationAttentive watching or remark
watching · reconnaissance · tracking · covert · undercover · wiretap · eavesdrop · snooping
Creditor seizing collateral
- collateralSecurity for debt
- creditorOne owed money
- defaultPreset standard option
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
judgment · garnishment · lien · foreclosure · asset · seizure · retrieval · settlement
detective
Professional crime investigator
search · inquiry · clues · leads · evidence · witnesses · informant · deduction · profiling
debtor
One who owes
evader · whereabouts · locate · hunt · pursuit · disappear · vanish · hiding · evasive · ghosting
stakeout
Prolonged covert observation
- shadowingFollowing to observe
- tailRear animal appendage
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
observation · watching · reconnaissance · tracking · covert · undercover · wiretap · eavesdrop · snooping · vigilance
repossession
Creditor seizing collateral
- collateralSecurity for debt
- creditorOne owed money
- defaultPreset standard option
arrears · judgment · garnishment · lien · foreclosure · asset · seizure · retrieval · settlement · enforcement