a 'plastic' bullet [=a bullet made of plastic that is used by the police, military, etc., to stop violent people without killing them]
He needed 'plastic surgery' on his face after the car accident.
She used 'plastic' to pay for her new computer.
(..) The coroner sent this down for you. Found them in the fat boy's stomach... mixed in with the food. Looks like little pieces of... - plastic. - Set them on that desk. They were... fed to him. Lord. GLUTTONY (..)1995 Se7en