dressed in civilian clothes while on duty: a plainclothes detective
plainclothes
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plainclothes
or plain-clothes
adjective
Wearing civilian clothes while on duty to avoid being identified as police or security: a plainclothes detective.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
Noun
(uncountable)
- Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform.
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