plainclothes

American  

[playn-klohz, -klohthz] / ˈpleɪnˌkloʊz, -ˌkloʊðz /

adjective

1. wearing civilian clothing, or plain clothes, instead of a uniform, especially of police officers on duty.

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Example Sentences

Despite punishing attacks on internal security organizations, including bases and command centers of the Revolutionary Guard and the plainclothes Basij militias, there has been no indication of serious defections or division.

From The Wall Street Journal

Residents said members of the paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and of the Basij, their plainclothes enforcers, are visible on the streets of Tehran and other Iranian cities.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's great that this line is reopening, because there are very few international rail connections in China," he said, before being subjected to an ID check by plainclothes police officers.

From Barron's

A fourth, an Israeli El Al flight, was saved by plainclothes Israeli air marshals who had been placed on board as a new security measure.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1999, plainclothes police raided a student dormitory following a demonstration, triggering days of mass protests.

From The Wall Street Journal