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单词 plainclothes
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plainclothes

(pleɪnkloʊz, -kloʊðz)
1. adjective [ADJ n]
Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
He was arrested by plainclothes detectives as he walked through the customs hall.
2.  in plain clothes

Examples of 'plainclothes' in a sentence
plainclothes

He was a detective in plainclothes, it turned out.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They chased a van carrying two plainclothes officers sent to investigate the crime.
The Sun (2018)
Plainclothes officers hit the streets to see who's pushing carts.
Houston Chronicle (2008)
About 1,200 officers, including some in plainclothes, will watch over the proceedings.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Not even proper plainclothes police officers can do that.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Ten minutes before takeoff, however, two plainclothes policemen boarded the plane and arrested him.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Plainclothes police and authority investigators raided three agencies, seizing hard drives and documents.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Uniformed and plainclothes police swarmed around our car and demanded our passports.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In the richer suburbs plainclothes police lurk on street corners.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The plainclothes government thug squads were back yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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