STORE DETECTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does store detective mean? 

• STORE DETECTIVE (noun)
  The noun STORE DETECTIVE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: STORE DETECTIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STORE DETECTIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("store 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)