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Recent Examples of G-man
Now the G-men head down there to collar Massachusetts cops — sheriffs and crooked state troopers.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
Exactly what will happen to DC’s most polarizing building after the G-men move out is still not clear, although President Trump has suggested the FBI will eventually return.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 July 2025
Other famous faces in the cast include perennial G-man Randall Park as Cordelia’s frustratingly conventional FBI minder and Jason Lee as the President’s Roger-Clinton-esque loser brother.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Cameron directed Arnold Schwarzenegger in this influential action pic about a family man who also happens to be a G-man.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
For more than forty years, Hoover’s G-men devoted hundreds of thousands of man hours to the threat that was Paul Robeson: debriefing informants, wiretapping phone conversations, and monitoring rallies, concerts, and plays.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
Exactly what will happen to DC’s most polarizing building after the G-men move out is still not clear, although President Trump has suggested the FBI will eventually return.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 July 2025
Other famous faces in the cast include perennial G-man Randall Park as Cordelia’s frustratingly conventional FBI minder and Jason Lee as the President’s Roger-Clinton-esque loser brother.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Cameron directed Arnold Schwarzenegger in this influential action pic about a family man who also happens to be a G-man.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
For more than forty years, Hoover’s G-men devoted hundreds of thousands of man hours to the threat that was Paul Robeson: debriefing informants, wiretapping phone conversations, and monitoring rallies, concerts, and plays.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for G-man
Noun
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The team's 33-15 loss gave it a 2-11 record, which is the worst nark in the NFC.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
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You’re automatically dubbed a narc, a kiss-ass, a too-cool.—
Brandi California,
SPIN,
1 July 2024
Noun
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Less than a month later, plainclothesmen arrested Nassar at a local tire store, and Munford took him into custody.—
Jason Schmidt,
Glamour,
30 Oct. 2018
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Hustling bucks and ducking the Third Division boys, those earnest young plainclothesmen assigned to the vice squad who work out of the 17th Precinct on the East Side.—
Gail Sheehy,
Daily Intelligencer,
9 Sep. 2017
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“G-man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/G-man. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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