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Recent Examples of G-man
The Colorado quarterback had once teased being picked by the New York Giants, wearing custom red, white and blue cleats during a game when the G-men were the top candidate for the first overall pick.
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Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 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
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
She is then recruited by Woody Harrelson’s shadowy G-man and tasked with rebranding NASA during the 1960s Space Race with the Soviet Union, all so that government funding can be upheld for Apollo 11’s mission to the Moon in 1969.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024
This year's Oscar winner for visual effects – for real, the G-man has never looked better – is a terrific human tale about a former kamikaze pilot (Ryunosuke Kamiki) navigating survivor's guilt who's recruited for a desperate mission to save Tokyo from the rampaging reptilian icon.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
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 June 2024
Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 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
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
She is then recruited by Woody Harrelson’s shadowy G-man and tasked with rebranding NASA during the 1960s Space Race with the Soviet Union, all so that government funding can be upheld for Apollo 11’s mission to the Moon in 1969.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024
This year's Oscar winner for visual effects – for real, the G-man has never looked better – is a terrific human tale about a former kamikaze pilot (Ryunosuke Kamiki) navigating survivor's guilt who's recruited for a desperate mission to save Tokyo from the rampaging reptilian icon.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
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 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for G-man
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
Noun
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You’re automatically dubbed a narc, a kiss-ass, a too-cool.—
Brandi California,
SPIN,
1 July 2024
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The software, which would effectively act like a narc embedded on people’s iPhones, could have unintended consequences, critics said, despite Apple’s assurances that it would be used solely to stop child predators.—
Declan Harty,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2021
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“G-man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/G-man. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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