PLAINCLOTHESMAN Synonyms: 22 Similar Words

plainclothesman

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Recent Examples of plainclothesman 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 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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Noun

Reach uses a crab trap to disarm a G-man brandishing an On the Waterfront–style hook.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Michael Biehn also plays a G-man who keeps tabs on Kammler’s work.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of G-man

Noun

After recording the views, a recovery system Barnard called Repris consisted of a streamer to slow its drop and a GPS tracker to help locate the pod after landing.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
James was one of the first 100 users of a Whoop health tracker in 2015 and finally signed a deal with the company 11 years later.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of tracker

Noun

Several hours later, detectives were notified by medical staff that the man died from his injuries.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
The officers replayed bodycam video of their encounter to O'Neill's brother, who told detectives the man in the video was not his brother.

— Logan Smith, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of detective

Noun

With funding from the Alzheimer’s Association, the project adopted a new tracer that, in combination with a PET scan, could measure amyloid burdens.

— Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Companies processed heavy mineral sands from Australia, Brazil, and India, and hard rock from South Africa, to produce rare earths for tracer ammunition, steel alloys, cigarette-lighter flints, and, later, color-TV phosphors.

— Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026

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