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
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.
From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
