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单词 plain-clothes
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plain-clothes

also plainclothes
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
He was arrested by plain-clothes detectives as he walked through the customs hall.
2.  in plain clothes

plain clothes in British English

plural noun
a. 
ordinary clothes, as distinguished from uniform, as worn by a police detective on duty
b. 
(as modifier)
a plain-clothes police officer

plain-clothes in British English

(ˌpleɪnˈkləʊðz)
adjective
(of a police officer) wearing ordinary clothes when working, rather than a uniform
Two plain-clothes detectives lingered by the doorways.
The plain-clothes policemen tracked the visitors to the pub.
There were both uniformed and plain-clothes officers inside.

Examples of 'plain clothes' in a sentence
plain clothes

We are told some are police officers in plain clothes.
The Sun (2015)
 Police officers in plain clothes were to mingle with the audience.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Plain clothes police waiting at exit, kept us back for our details.
The Sun (2016)
Police were called and about 20 uniformed officers, plain clothes police and scientific officers arrived.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I seemed to be alone but of course I was followed by plain-clothes men because the Golden Belt is worth probably a million dollars.
Arthur, Robert THREE IN ONE
If they were plain-clothes cops, why had they gone in there?
MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER
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