HOUSE DETECTIVE

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A private detective employed by a hotel or retail store

Synonyms:

hotel detective; house detective; house dick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("house detective" is a kind of...):

operative; PI; private detective; private eye; private investigator; shamus; sherlock (someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information)

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