Meaning of house detective | Babel Free

Definitions

A person employed by a privately owned establishment, such as a hotel or large retail store, with the job of preventing wrongdoing and apprehending violators of laws or other regulations.

Examples

“I went to Cloran, the house detective at the hotel here in New York where Deemer was murdered.”

“I am usually uncomfortable in such five-star, five-diamond places. . . . I'm afraid I'll break something. Or be found out, collared by the house detective as an interloper unworthy of the surroundings.”

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