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Definition of plainclothes
: dressed in civilian clothes while on duty —used especially of a police officer
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The Massachusetts State Police Marine Unit and Air Wing also will be patrolling the Charles River during the event, along with plainclothes troopers, local police, trained dogs and federal bomb detection teams on the ground.
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On June 22, a mob in Srinagar, the summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, killed a plainclothes police officer outside a mosque, after some people accused him of being a spy.
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Plainclothes officers found Piper at a business in the 800 block of Conti Street in the French Quarter Tuesday night, said NOPD 8th District Commander Nicholas Gernon.
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The incident occurred when three Park Police plainclothes officers seeking illegal vendors detained the youths and adult for selling water without a valid permit.
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Officers with long guns could be seen on the rooftops of buildings that lined the parade route, while plainclothes officers wandered among the crowds below.
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A security guard who was confronted and restrained by a plainclothes sheriff’s detective on a residential street two years ago was acquitted Friday of all charges related to the 2015 incident.
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The plainclothes officers saw the suspect in an unregistered, uninsured, orange Infinity SUV.
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Manning was fatally shot by a plainclothes officer during an armed-robbery sting that fell apart.
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First Known Use of plainclothes
1856
PLAINCLOTHES Defined for English Language Learners
plainclothes
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adjective
Definition of plainclothes for English Language Learners
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: dressed in ordinary clothes and not a uniform while on duty
Law Dictionary
plainclothes
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adjective
plain·clothes
\ˈplān-ˈklōz, -ˈklōthz\
Legal Definition of plainclothes
: dressed in civilian clothes while on duty —used especially of a police officer
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