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house detective

NOUN
detective for an establishment
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He’s got the look of a house detective.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 27, 2020

Another principal figure was the arrested Hilton Hotel house detective, 39-year-old Ed Murphy.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2012

I was asked more than once to leave the Plaza Hotel, ushered out by the house detective.

From New York Times • May 28, 2012

Loose Ankles�"One game I do not want to play is 20 questions with a house detective."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Walter, I'd like to have you meet Mr. Dunn, the house detective," whispered Kennedy under his breath.

From The Social Gangster by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)