Usually means: Undercover agent preventing retail theft.
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  1. store detective: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. store detective: Collins English Dictionary
  3. store detective: Vocabulary.com
  4. store detective: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. store detective: Dictionary.com
  6. Store detective: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. store detective: Rhymezone
  8. store detective: FreeDictionary.org
  9. store detective: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. store detective: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. store detective: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (store detective)

▸ noun:  A person employed in a shop to detect and prevent shoplifting.

Similar:
police detective, storekeeper, storeowner, Hotel detective, retail store, detective work, shop assistant, investigator, department store, sales clerk, more...

Opposite:
shoplifter, thief, burglar, robber

Types:
loss prevention, asset protection, security guard, more...

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Similar:
police detective, storekeeper, storeowner, Hotel detective, retail store, detective work, shop assistant, investigator, department store, sales clerk, more...

Opposite:
shoplifter, thief, burglar, robber

Types:
loss prevention, asset protection, security guard, more...



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