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Definition of Plainclothesmen
1. plainclothesman [n] - See also: plainclothesman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plainclothesmen
Literary usage of Plainclothesmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A License to Kill: Israeli Operations Against "Wanted" and Masked Palestinians by Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1993)
"Sharif, who had been standing near the two youths with the glue, began to creep
down the street, away from the plainclothesmen, with his back to the ..."
2. Routine Abuse, Routine Denial: Civil Rights and the Political Crisis in Bahrain by Human Rights Watch/Middle East (1997)
"Shaikh Hamza was there too, and British plainclothesmen, Henderson's 182 The
unequivocal constitutional right of a Bahraini citizen to return is to some ..."
3. Guatemala, Getting Away with Murder: An Americas Watch and Physicians for ...by Americas Watch Committee (U.S.), Anne Manuel, Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) by Americas Watch Committee (U.S.), Anne Manuel, Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1991)
"... Santa Maria Chiquimula, in the department of Totonicapan, Tiu Cac was kidnapped
by a group of about ten armed plainclothesmen, who reportedly ..."
4. Human Rights in Guatemala During President de León Carpio's First Year by Human Rights Watch/Americas (1994)
"... 1989, by four armed plainclothesmen with closely cropped hair, ... Carney was
kidnapped by armed plainclothesmen at 5:10 AM on August 15, 1989, ..."
5. Human Rights in Guatemala During President de León Carpio's First Year by Human Rights Watch/Americas (1994)
"... Santa Maria Chiquimula, Tiu Cac was kidnapped by a group of about ten armed
plainclothesmen, who reportedly identified themselves as investigations ..."
6. Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners by Robin Munro, Mickey Spiegel, Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) (1994)
"Bao escaped detention, fleeing when he saw plainclothesmen outside his ...
In addition to the detentions, Yang's telephone line was cut and plainclothesmen ..."
7. The Storm Clouds Clear Over China: The Memoir of Ch'en Li-fu, 1900-1993 by Li-Fu Ch'en, Hsu-hsin Chang, Ramon Hawley Myers (1994)
"... some of my countrymen had labeled me as "leader of reactionary CC Clique"
and "former head of all secret police or plainclothesmen operations in China. ..."
8. Political Murder and Reform in Colombia: The Violence Continues by Juan E. Méndez, Americas Watch Committee (U.S.) (1992)
"... were murdered on February 2, 1991 in Barranquilla, apparently by members of
the National Police and by plainclothesmen who used automatic weapons. ..."
9. A License to Kill: Israeli Operations Against "Wanted" and Masked Palestinians by Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1993)
"Sharif, who had been standing near the two youths with the glue, began to creep
down the street, away from the plainclothesmen, with his back to the ..."
10. Routine Abuse, Routine Denial: Civil Rights and the Political Crisis in Bahrain by Human Rights Watch/Middle East (1997)
"Shaikh Hamza was there too, and British plainclothesmen, Henderson's 182 The
unequivocal constitutional right of a Bahraini citizen to return is to some ..."
11. Guatemala, Getting Away with Murder: An Americas Watch and Physicians for ...by Americas Watch Committee (U.S.), Anne Manuel, Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) by Americas Watch Committee (U.S.), Anne Manuel, Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1991)
"... Santa Maria Chiquimula, in the department of Totonicapan, Tiu Cac was kidnapped
by a group of about ten armed plainclothesmen, who reportedly ..."
12. Human Rights in Guatemala During President de León Carpio's First Year by Human Rights Watch/Americas (1994)
"... 1989, by four armed plainclothesmen with closely cropped hair, ... Carney was
kidnapped by armed plainclothesmen at 5:10 AM on August 15, 1989, ..."
13. Human Rights in Guatemala During President de León Carpio's First Year by Human Rights Watch/Americas (1994)
"... Santa Maria Chiquimula, Tiu Cac was kidnapped by a group of about ten armed
plainclothesmen, who reportedly identified themselves as investigations ..."
14. Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners by Robin Munro, Mickey Spiegel, Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) (1994)
"Bao escaped detention, fleeing when he saw plainclothesmen outside his ...
In addition to the detentions, Yang's telephone line was cut and plainclothesmen ..."
15. The Storm Clouds Clear Over China: The Memoir of Ch'en Li-fu, 1900-1993 by Li-Fu Ch'en, Hsu-hsin Chang, Ramon Hawley Myers (1994)
"... some of my countrymen had labeled me as "leader of reactionary CC Clique"
and "former head of all secret police or plainclothesmen operations in China. ..."
16. Political Murder and Reform in Colombia: The Violence Continues by Juan E. Méndez, Americas Watch Committee (U.S.) (1992)
"... were murdered on February 2, 1991 in Barranquilla, apparently by members of
the National Police and by plainclothesmen who used automatic weapons. ..."
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