Tom is a plainclothes police officer.
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Plainclothes
Synonyms for "plainclothes" (2 found)
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21 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 便服 adj (wearing civilian clothes)
- 便服 noun (ordinary civilian clothes)
Finnish
2 entries- siviilipukuinen adj (wearing civilian clothes)
- siviiliasu noun (ordinary civilian clothes)
French
4 entries- en bourgeois adj (wearing civilian clothes)
- en civil adj (wearing civilian clothes)
- en habit bourgeois adj (wearing civilian clothes)
- vêtements de ville noun (ordinary civilian clothes)
Hungarian
3 entries- civil ruhás adj (wearing civilian clothes)
- civil noun (ordinary civilian clothes)
- civil ruha noun (ordinary civilian clothes)
Portuguese
1 entries- à paisana adj (wearing civilian clothes)
Russian
4 entries- в гражда́нском adj (wearing civilian clothes)
- в шта́тском adj (wearing civilian clothes)
- гражда́нская оде́жда noun (ordinary civilian clothes)
- гражда́нское noun (ordinary civilian clothes)
Spanish
2 entries- de civil adj (wearing civilian clothes)
- de paisano adj (wearing civilian clothes)
Swedish
1 entries- civilklädd adj (wearing civilian clothes)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom was arrested by a plainclothes police officer.
Source: tatoeba (7233812)
The criminal was arrested by a plainclothes police officer.
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A plainclothes police officer arrested Tom.
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