skiptrace
Find missing person
Skiptrace is to locate a person who has "skipped" town—typically someone evading debt collectors, bail obligations, or legal proceedings.
Skip tracers use public records, databases, and investigative techniques to find people who don't want to be found: The repo company skiptraced him to a motel in Nevada.
Also used as a noun for the search itself.
Retrieving stored records
- public recordsOfficially filed, publicly accessible documents
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- background checkInvestigation of someone's history
- credit reportRecord of borrowing behavior
court records · employment history · aliases · identity verification · reverse lookup · data mining · surveillance · stakeout
Professional crime investigator
- private investigatorHired non-police detective
- bounty hunterProfessional fugitive capturer
- PIInvestigator abbreviation
- gumshoeInformal term for detective
investigator · inquiry · case · locate · find · hunt · search · pursuit
One who flees secretly
- runawayOne who flees
- debtorOne who owes
- deadbeatPerson avoiding owed payments
- missing personUnlocated person sought by authorities
evader · bail jumper · escapee · scofflaw · defaulter · vanished · disappeared · on the run
- forwarding addressNew mailing destination after moving
- contact informationDetails for reaching someone
- relativesThose connected by blood
- associatesConnected persons or links
employer · references · vehicle registration · property records · phone number · email address · workplace · family ties
Pursuing owed payments
- repossessionCreditor seizing collateral
- collateralSecurity for debt
- bountyReward for capture
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
garnishment · restitution · asset recovery · repayment · settlement · creditor · enforcement · seizure
database search
Retrieving stored records
- public recordsOfficially filed, publicly accessible documents
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- background checkInvestigation of someone's history
credit report · court records · employment history · aliases · identity verification · reverse lookup · data mining · surveillance · stakeout · tail
detective
Professional crime investigator
- private investigatorHired non-police detective
- bounty hunterProfessional fugitive capturer
- PIInvestigator abbreviation
gumshoe · investigator · inquiry · case · locate · find · hunt · search · pursuit · legwork
absconder
One who flees secretly
missing person · evader · bail jumper · escapee · scofflaw · defaulter · vanished · disappeared · on the run · hiding
last known address
- forwarding addressNew mailing destination after moving
- contact informationDetails for reaching someone
- relativesThose connected by blood
associates · employer · references · vehicle registration · property records · phone number · email address · workplace · family ties · emergency contacts
debt collection
Pursuing owed payments
- repossessionCreditor seizing collateral
- collateralSecurity for debt
- bountyReward for capture
judgment · garnishment · restitution · asset recovery · repayment · settlement · creditor · enforcement · seizure · recoupment