A university lecture heard by only a small number of students.

(colloquial) A private investigator; a private detective.

Any agent hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering.

plural of privatissimum

simple past tense and past participle of privatise

plural of private candidate

(Britain) One who enters an examination without being enrolled as a student at the educational establishment where it is given.

(US, military slang) A private soldier keen ("bucking") for promotion; an ambitious private.

present participle of privatise

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privatise