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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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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
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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
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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From there, detectives were able to identify the social media accounts associated with the sales and obtain a search warrant, police said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Mar. 2025
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One of the men involved in the shooting was also struck by gunfire and taken to a hospital, where he was interviewed by detectives.—
Julia Bonavita,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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Most interplanetary life-detection experiments have involved looking for chemical tracers—biosignatures—that otherworldly microbes might create in their environments as a by-product of their metabolism.—
Gayoung Lee,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2025
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Accelerating Circularity is looking at working with a DNA tracer to ensure that any cotton content doesn’t violate the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act, or UFLPA, in the United States, said Shelly Gottschamer, its vice president of global programs and stakeholder engagement.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Plainclothesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plainclothesman. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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