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单词 plainclothesmen
释义

plainclothesman

noun

plain·​clothes·​man ˈplān-ˈklō(t͟h)z-mən How to pronounce plainclothesman (audio)
-ˌman
: a plainclothes police officer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Less than a month later, plainclothesmen arrested Nassar at a local tire store, and Munford took him into custody. Jason Schmidt, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2018 Hustling bucks and ducking the Third Division boys, those earnest young plainclothesmen assigned to the vice squad who work out of the 17th Precinct on the East Side. Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

plainclothesmen

noun

plural of plainclothesman
as in narks

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