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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No one was giving the G-men an iota of a chance, but thanks to a brilliant game by New York's front four, the Patriots were clinging to just a three-point lead late in the fourth quarter.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2026
Jessica Hecht, playing one of the hostages, adds her typically off-beat depth, and I was most amused by John Ortiz as the FBI agent with the standard G-man voice and personality to match.

— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026

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Noun

At least 35 states have issued some kind of guidelines for the use or adoption of AI in their public schools, according to a tracker from AI for Education, which offers AI literacy training in education settings.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Almand has been chronicling his whole journey on Instagram, and there’s a tracker on Extreme’s website that allows people to follow his location.

— Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of tracker

Noun

Back at his Brickell apartment, detectives searched the unit after a judge signed off on a warrant.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
About a month after Craig’s death, police homicide detectives released security camera video of a suspect in the Oak Park fatal shooting.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of detective

Noun

This imaging test uses a tracer that attaches to PSMA proteins, allowing doctors to identify where prostate cancer cells may be located throughout the body.

— Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026
Many health care workers served longer, harder deployments than mine — Sierra Leonean nurses, Guinean contact tracers, Liberian community health workers — and carried equal or greater burdens, yet Americans rarely heard their stories.

— Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 20 May 2026

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