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In Muslim countries, an interpreter of religious law. Also: The civilian clothes of someone in the military.

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  • The officer preferred to wear mufti after hours because they were more comfortable than the uniform.
  • A lady was said to be beaten up by two hefty men in mufti for putting on a camouflage cap.
  • Predominantly old soldiers and, allowing for the dreadful appearance that men drilling in mufti always present, not a bad lot.
  • After demobilization into the regular workforce, employees are like an army in mufti.
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