plainclothes
Appearance
See also: plain-clothes and plain clothes
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (of adjective) plain-clothes
- (of noun) plain clothes
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]plainclothes (not comparable)
- (usually of a police officer) Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]wearing civilian clothes
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Noun
[edit]plainclothes (uncountable)
- Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform.
Synonyms
[edit]- mufti (UK)
Translations
[edit]ordinary civilian clothes
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