PLAINCLOTHESMAN Synonyms: 22 Similar Words

plainclothesman

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Definition of 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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Fi says its new dog tracker is the first consumer pet wearable powered by T-Satellite with Starlink, adding satellite connectivity to the usual mix of GPS and mobile-network tracking.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 July 2026
New figures have come out from sales-tracker Circana that are not great news for those hoping Sony may reverse course.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of tracker

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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
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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The detective returns to the stand Monday for the fifth and likely final day of the preliminary hearing.

— Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Camani Bartletto, 18, was hit with the charge for allegedly firing at an Uber shortly before the detective was shot — and was also charged with gun possession, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

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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

Definition of tracer

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