plain clothes in English

noun
1
ordinary clothes rather than uniform, especially when worn as a disguise by police officers.
a detective in plain clothes
adjective
1
(especially of a police officer) wearing ordinary clothes instead of a uniform.
plainclothes troopers

Use "plain clothes" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "plain clothes" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "plain clothes", or refer to the context using the word "plain clothes" in the English Dictionary.

1. Sent two men in plain clothes.

2. The Sarcastic Bystander: There! I knowed he was a plain - clothes copper.

3. The Bushrangers and police engaged in a shoot-out that Saturday morning, during which John was shot in the right shoulder, and a plain clothes policeman received a gunshot graze

4. Media sources reported that on 27 February, at least four foreign journalists, including Stephen Engle of Bloomberg News and a BBC cameraman, had been beaten by plain-clothes security officers in Beijing.

5. On 25 May 2001, A.D, K.K. and P.P. testified that they had been the arresting officers in plain clothes, that no resistance had been offered by the author or his family members and that there had been no abuse inflicted on them.

6. In its comments and observations, the source reacted to the Government reply by stating that on 27 June 2002, Wang Bingzhang, Yue Wu and Zhang Qi were accosted in the lobby of their hotel in Mongcai, Viet Nam, by a group of about 10 men dressed in plain clothes.