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in borghese

in plain clothes

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in plain clothes Describes police officers or military personnel who are dressed as civilians rather than wearing a uniform.
IT: La poliziotta era in borghese.
EN: The policewoman was in plain clothes.

Arriva un branco di stronzi in borghese col manganello.

A bunch of plainclothes assholes arrive with truncheons.

— L'odio (1995)

In borghese?

In plain clothes?

— A Taxi Driver (2017)

Quelli sono militari in borghese!

Those are military personnel in plain clothes!

— A Taxi Driver (2017)

C'è qualcuno in borghese qui?

Is anyone here in civilian clothes?

— Kilo Due Bravo - Ad un passo dalla morte (2014)

Piero, io so come scoprire un poliziotto in borghese.

Piero, I know how to spot a plainclothes cop.

— Infernal Affairs (2002)

In borghese.

In plain clothes.

— Victoria (2015)

Un poliziotto in borghese con in mano gli stivali della Polizia.

A plainclothes policeman holding police boots.

— Il mio amico Ivan Lapshin (1985)