plainclothesman

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plain·clothes·man or plain·clothes man (pl

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A member of a police force, especially a detective, who wears civilian clothes on duty.

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plainclothesman - a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty

detective, police detective, tec, investigator - a police officer who investigates crimes

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detective investigator occupation plain police detective tec			Ending with a protester shot dead by a plainclothesman, it's one of the most brutal scenes of its kind ever filmed, and is the prelude to a story of escalating violence. The Baader Meinhof Complex by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Moreover, "[t]o determine whether the plainclothesman said 'hello' first, or whether the woman did, whether she exposed her person or not, is not worthy of the dignity of the judicial robe and is certainly not an attack upon the roots of the evil. Revisiting Anna Moscowitz Kross's critique of New York City's Women's ... by Quinn, Mae C. / Fordham Urban Law Journal Other subjects might very well have been amused by the clownish man with a cigar and flash, or, at the least, they went along with the joke, like the jolly plainclothesman who shows off his catch, a dwarf arrested for selling "French postcards. Ifs, ands, and buts by Frankel, David / Artforum International			Plain dealer Plain dealing plain flour Plain molding Plain People plain sailing Plain sewing Plain song plain speaking plain stitch plain text plain turkey plain vanilla plain wanderer plain weave plain-clothes Plain-dealing Plain-hearted plain-Jane plain-laid plain-spoken plain-woven Plainant plainchant plainclothes plainclothesman Plainfield Plaining plainly plainness plains Plains Indian plains lemon monarda Plains of Abraham plains pocket gopher plains pocket mouse plains spadefoot plains wanderer plainsman plainsong plainspoken plaint Plaintful plaintiff plaintiff in error plaintive plaintively plaintiveness Plaintless Plaisance Plaise			Plain-breasted Hawk Plain-carbon steel Plain-carbon steel plain-clothes plain-cut joint Plain-dealing Plain-Error Rule Plain-hearted plain-Jane plain-laid plain-laid Plain-Meaning Rule Plain-Paper Optimized Printing plain-sawing plain-sawn Plain-song Plain-song plain-speaking Plain-spoken Plain-spoken Plain-text Plain-Text Block Chaining plain-vanilla plain-woven Plainant plainchant plainchant plainclothes plainclothes plainclothes man plainclothesman Plaine des Jarres Plaine des Jarres plained plained plained plained plained plainer plainer plainer plainer plainer plainest plainest plainest plainest plainest Plainfield Plainfield Plainfield Area Regional Sewer Authority Plainfield Community Middle School Plainfield Middle School Plainfield Municipal Utility Authority Plainfield Neighborhood Health Services Corporation Plainfield Public Library District Plainfield South High School Plainfield, NJ, USA plainhead Plaining Plaining

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