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Store detective   /stɔr dɪtˈɛktɪv/   Listen
Store detective

noun
1.
A private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage.






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"Store detective" Quotes from Famous Books



... look at the Balls. Their pitiful appearance made no impression upon her. "But that don't matter. I guess they've got your record at Hoskin & Marl's. You worked there all right; sure you worked there, in the jewelry section. You stole something. I saw the store detective, Miss Hopwell, take you up to the manager's office. I never heard what they did to you, but they ...
— Sheila of Big Wreck Cove - A Story of Cape Cod • James A. Cooper



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