house detective

Other forms: house detectives

Definitions of house detective
  1. noun
    a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
    synonyms: hotel detective, house dick
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    type of:
    PI, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock
    someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
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