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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plainclothesman
Noun
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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
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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
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
Noun
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Witnesses can also contact homicide detectives at 816-234-5043.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2025
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Less than a year ago, two Elgin detectives were named to the police department’s new cold case unit.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Proulx questioned whether the tracer dye moved via an active force at all.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Depositphotos Muscle protein synthesis (MPS) directly measures muscle growth using stable isotope tracers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Plainclothesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plainclothesman. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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