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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, who had been in consultation with Mr. Mason when the thing happened, had taken the two men into custody.

From Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves by Carr, Annie Roe