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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

The house detective accompanied him to the door.

From The Brand of Silence A Detective Story by Strong, Harrington