Examples of 'plain-clothes' in a sentence

Meaning of "plain-clothes"

plain-clothes (noun) - Plain-clothes refers to civilian clothes worn by police officers or detectives for undercover purposes. In this context, it is used to denote clothing worn by law enforcement officials outside of their uniform
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  • alternative spelling of plain clothes when used attributively.
  • alternative form of plainclothes (adjective)

How to use "plain-clothes" in a sentence

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There is a plain-clothes officer in the building.
Indicates there will be more plain-clothes.
We got two plain-clothes going in with warrant.
He would have to be a very small plain-clothes officer.
Plain-clothes agents are covering the exits.
I will assign a plain-clothes officer to you.
Plain-clothes officers are camouflaged among the crowd.
I thought we had plain-clothes tracking him.
Two plain-clothes policemen saw the show yesterday.
Matthews was briefing a dozen plain-clothes cops.
I have got plain-clothes watching the motel.
The duo were often accompanied by plain-clothes policemen.
We put a plain-clothes policeman outside all night.
It is heavily monitored by uniformed and plain-clothes police officers.
I am a plain-clothes customer relations officer.

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He was reportedly arrested at home by plain-clothes members of the security forces.
Plain-clothes policemen are nearly always posted in front of his home.
The deliveries were given to a plain-clothes police escort brandishing guns.
Both plain-clothes and uniformed police officers patrol the area.
Regard every adult man up to middle age as a plain-clothes soldier.
I increased the plain-clothes presence in the station itself.
I wonder what it is that attracts the plain-clothes to this place.
I have got plain-clothes on both ends and on every side street.
In six of these cases, those allegedly responsible were plain-clothes police officers.
One of the plain-clothes guys saw it when he removed the cushion.
The complainant assumes that the man was a plain-clothes police officer.
Further, plain-clothes army troops were reported to have participated in secret military raids.
The role of the torturers was played by plain-clothes officers from the local police.
Uniform and plain-clothes duties relied on different but related surveillance strategies.
When the ship was boarded there were plain-clothes men among the new arrivals.
A plain-clothes man in a dark alley with his gun out and shots fired.
It seemed that the plain-clothes man was musing aloud.
Plain-clothes officers should be required to identify themselves before taking any police action.
And who looks like a plain-clothes policeman from the drug squad.
We have comprehensive security measures, with both uniformed and plain-clothes security staff.
They will have plain-clothes men watching for anyone acting suspiciously.
The individuals involved were identified as members of pro-PRI organizations and as plain-clothes local police.
Several days later, plain-clothes police were given large amounts of cash at the hospital.
Scattered among the dockworkers and tourists, he spotted plain-clothes detectives trying to look unobtrusive.
The plain-clothes man who guards you since you broke up that racehorse gang.
We remind viewers that the first victim was a plain-clothes policeman who tackled the robbers.
This means that plain-clothes police officers will shadow you to and from your homes.
Piazza Vetra is crawling with plain-clothes cops.
They told us that two plain-clothes police officers asked them to identify their children.
Derisory term used by British plain-clothes detectives.
And have plain-clothes police patrolling inside them. We will place a patrol around each one.
There was no visible uniformed security presence, although plain-clothes personnel photographed and videoed the marchers.
Having compromised the uniformed divisions, Göring next turned his attention to the plain-clothes police.
Discreet protection provided by plain-clothes police and civilian-registered police vehicles where threats have been detected ;.
The treatment was allegedly perpetrated by plain-clothes officers of DSS.

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