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  1. cleanskinnoun

    An unbranded animal.

  2. cleanskinnoun

    Someone with no prior criminal record, a person with no previous convictions; loosely, someone who has not done anything wrong before, an unblemished character.

  3. cleanskinnoun

    An unlabelled bottle of wine.

  4. cleanskinnoun

    An undercover police officer who has not done a particular task before.

  5. cleanskinnoun

    A cricket bat with no maker's logo

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  1. Cleanskin

    Within the vernacular of counter-terrorism agents and police officers, a cleanskin is an undercover operative whose identity is not known to the forces he or she is tasked to infiltrate. This is usually because such an agent has not conducted any prior undercover activity. The phrase entered wide currency with a slightly different meaning in the United Kingdom following the London bombings of 7 July 2005. The four bombers involved in those bombings were reported in the press to be "cleanskins", according to police sources, meaning that their profiles did not fit the expected profile of bombers. Terrorist organizations, smugglers, and others performing secretive activities prefer to subvert cleanskins as there is less chance that they will arouse suspicion. For example, a person with previous convictions for importing drugs is more likely to be detained than a person never convicted.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cleanskin in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cleanskin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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