house detective

Example Sentences

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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

The house detective found that she had a prison record, insisted that she be not allowed in the guests' rooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I'll set the house detective on this," he said.

From The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor by Stratemeyer, Edward