off-duty

[ awf-doo-tee, -dyoo-, of- ]

/ ˈɔfˈdu ti, -ˈdyu-, ˈɒf- /

not engaged in the performance of one's usual work: an off-duty police officer.

of, relating to, or during a period when a person is not at work.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1850–55

The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Three off-duty cops working as security guards apprehended Saylor and proceeded to restrain him in an ultimately fatal fashion.
Worse Than Eric Garner: Cops Who Got Away With Killing Autistic Men and Little Girls|Emily Shire|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Singh got back on board, he saw the off-duty army officers and realized that posing as one of them might help save him.
As 30-Year Anniversary of Mass Killings in India Arrives, Sikhs Find Safety in USA|Simran Jeet Singh|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But what happens to those hormones when soldiers are off-duty?
Why These Marines Love ‘Frozen’—and Why It Matters|Aaron B. O’Connell|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At last Tabs saw how she looked in her off-duty moments, when she wasn't occupied with being respectful.
The Kingdom Round the Corner|Coningsby Dawson
In his spells of off-duty Branscombe was a regular book-worm.
The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge|Percy F. Westerman
I knew it was a safe place for an off-duty officer to go, and interesting to someone that hadn't seen it.
Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Mac came into the half-ruined dugout where the off-duty machine gunners were making tea over a fire of splintered logs.
Kitchener's Mob|James Norman Hall
As the off-duty man stumbled out of the wheelhouse, the skipper also turned to leave.
Commander Lawless V.C.|Rolf Bennett