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Sentence examples for plain clothes from inspiring English sources

"plain clothes" is correct and usable in written English.
This term is used to refer to clothing that is not a uniform or is not particularly distinctive in style. For example, "The detective was wearing plain clothes when he arrived at the crime scene."

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plain clothes

noun

Civilian clothes worn by someone in an occupation or organization for which a uniform might be expected, as the police or clergy.

synonyms

civilian garb
civilian dress
civilian clothing

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Both were in plain clothes.

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Officer Breitkopf was in plain clothes.

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There were Gestapo in plain clothes everywhere.

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All the men were in plain clothes.

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Secret police officers in plain clothes were seen occasionally.

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Police officers in plain clothes arrived seemingly from nowhere.

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THE plain-clothes police are always there, watching Xu Jiehua.

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The Economist

'I got into a fight with a plain-clothes policeman.

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The Guardian

A car pulled up beside them: plain-clothes police officers.

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The New Yorker

He seemed desperate and left as plain-clothes police gathered around us.

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Independent

Plain-clothes thugs, under police protection, rampaged through the centre of Kiev.

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