Usually means: Not in standard police uniform.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. plainclothes: Merriam-Webster
  2. plainclothes: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Plainclothes, plainclothes: Wordnik
  4. plainclothes: Wiktionary
  5. plainclothes: Dictionary.com
  6. plainclothes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  7. plainclothes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. plainclothes: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. plainclothes: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plainclothes: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (plainclothes)

adjective:  (usually of a police officer) Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.
noun:  Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform.

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