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plain clothes

or ±è±ô²¹¾±²Ôc±ô´Ç³Ù³ó±ð²õ

plural noun

  1. clothing other than one's uniform, especially civilian clothes worn on duty by a police officer.


plain clothes

plural noun

    1. ordinary clothes, as distinguished from uniform, as worn by a police detective on duty
    2. ( as modifier )

      a plain-clothes policeman

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plain clothes1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Mr Lee remembers walking through campus one day, when they saw a girl being interrogated by two plain clothes policemen.

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But, according to the men's families, on Sunday afternoon, plain clothes police raided two of the shops on Salah ad-Din Street, without warning.

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Two weeks ago the police denied responsibility for the abductions carried out by men in plain clothes across the country, some of which were captured on CCTV.

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At 10:35 on Saturday 9 September Khalife was riding a stolen bike on a canal tow path in Northolt, north-west London, when he was arrested by a counter-terrorism detective in plain clothes.

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Chief Constable Jason Hogg of Thames Valley Police will tell the meeting how his force is deploying plain clothes officers in areas around bars and clubs to spot predatory behaviour.

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