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store detective

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Noun1.store detective - a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage
private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock, operative, PI - someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information


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The court heard that the store detective took down Gibbs' number plate before he drove off, which enabled police to track him down and arrest him.
Shirley's first job for Bill was as a store detective, stopping a robber nabbing clothes from a Henry Street boutique.
Byline: By JOHN SUTTON A STORE detective caught a gang of four make-up thieves red-handed with thousands of pounds of goods, Teesside Crown Court heard.
 
 
 
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