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house detective

noun as in detective for an establishment

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He’s got the look of a house detective.

He has retired from the Suffolk County, Long Island, police force and now works for a second-rate hotel where he drives a shuttle bus and doubles as house detective.

At her sister's house detectives also uncovered various jihadist material, including a video showing roadside bombings and glorifying the actions of mujahideen militants, the court heard.

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

In answer to his inquiries at the desk he learned that Mrs. Dodge had stopped at the hotel several times before and the house detective assured him that there was nothing suspicious about her conduct.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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