plainclothes
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plainclothes
adjective plain-clothes · plain clothes
- Of a police officer, wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.
noun plain-clothes · plain clothes
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Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform.
Similar: mufti
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adj wearing civilian clothes
| Español | de civil, de paisano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사복 sabok |
| 中文 | 便服 biànfú |
| Português | à paisana |
| Français | en civil, en bourgeois, en habit bourgeois |
| Русский | в шта́тском v štátskom, в гражда́нском v graždánskom |
noun ordinary civilian clothes
| 中文 | 便服 biànfú |
|---|---|
| Français | vêtements de ville |
| Русский | шта́тская оде́жда štátskaja odéžda, шта́тское štátskoje, гражда́нская оде́жда graždánskaja odéžda, гражда́нское graždánskoje |
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title = {plainclothes},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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