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- adjective
plainclothes ; wearing ordinary clothes instead of auniform in order to avoid detection.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ammar Qurabi of the National Organization for Human Rights said the three women were protesting the siege and the cutting of power lines when they were shot dead by plainclothed security forces or pro-government gunmen.
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Videos and testimonies have repeatedly highlighted plainclothed people described by protesters, activists and Syria experts as thugs paid by or loyal to the regime working alongside the army and security forces in cities including Latakia, Banias, Homs and Damascus.
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Residents say plainclothed police fired live ammunition, while other security officials used clubs and tear gas against demonstrators.
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The proregime protesters attacked people with sticks, before three green Jeep Cherokees pulled up, letting out what this person said were plainclothed officers and anti-terror squad forces carrying machine guns and sniper-guns.
Syrians Defy Week of Crackdown Nour Malas 2011
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The video shows a plainclothed man trying to grab a young, veiled woman by the hand.
Syria Extends Armed Push; EU Sanctions Begin Nour Malas 2011
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Residents say plainclothed police fired live ammunition, while other security officials used clubs and tear gas against demonstrators.
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Retired General Mahmoud Wagdy will replace the widely reviled Habib Adly as the interior minister, overseeing the police and plainclothed domestic security forces.
Egypt Braces for 'Million-Man March' as Army Pledges Restraint 2011
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Retired General Mahmoud Wagdy will replace the widely reviled Habib Adly as the interior minister, overseeing the police and plainclothed domestic security forces.
Egypt Braces for 'Million-Man March' as Army Pledges Restraint 2011
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Retired General Mahmoud Wagdy will replace the widely reviled Habib Adly as the interior minister, overseeing the police and plainclothed domestic security forces.
Egypt Braces for 'Million-Man March' as Army Pledges Restraint 2011
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The video later shows several plainclothed men shoving other men, who try to resist, into a van.
Syria Extends Armed Push; EU Sanctions Begin Nour Malas 2011
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