"store detective" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: store detectives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} store detective (plural store detectives)
  1. A person employed in a shop to detect and prevent shoplifting.
    Sense id: en-store_detective-en-noun-9udJA2pe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for store detective meaning in English (0.6kB)

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