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House detective

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person employed by a privately owned establishment, such as a hotel or large retail store, with the job of preventing wrongdoing and apprehending violators of laws or other regulations.

    "I went to Cloran, the house detective at the hotel here in New York where Deemer was murdered."

  2. 2
    a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store wordnet

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