plain clothes
Frequency: 6.57.5 per million words
non-uniform clothing, especially for police
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Examples (10)
- An officer in plain clothes approached the suspect cautiously.
- The detective went undercover, wearing plain clothes to blend in.
- All off-duty personnel were instructed to attend the meeting in plain clothes.
- It's often difficult to identify security staff when they are in plain clothes.
- The entire surveillance team operated in plain clothes to avoid detection.
- A special unit of plain clothes officers was formed to tackle street crime.
- He was arrested by two men in plain clothes who later identified themselves as federal agents.
- Military personnel were permitted to wear plain clothes when off the base.
- She didn't realize he was a police officer because he was in plain clothes.
- The covert operation required all agents to be in plain clothes at all times.