Plainclothesman

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plainclothesman
       n : a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "plainclothesman":


     Bow Street runner, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G-man, Secret Service,
     Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, T-man, detective, dick, fed, hawkshaw,
     hotel detective, house detective, house dick, inquiry agent,
     investigator, narc, operative, police detective, private detective,
     private investigator, revenuer, sleuth, store detective, tec,
     treasury agent