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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hotel detective, house dick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock
History
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