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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Standing before the desk near the stairway was the tall figure of Donahue, house detective.

From Cheerful—By Request by Edna Ferber


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