G-man
Americannoun
plural
G-mennoun
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slang an FBI agent
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a political detective
Etymology
Origin of G-man
First recorded in 1920–25; probably representing Government man
Example Sentences
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‘The Hidden’ Kyle MacLachlan plays a G-man who’s even more peculiar than MacLachlan’s “Twin Peaks” character, FBI agent Dale Cooper, in this creepy 1987 sci-fi/horror flick.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2022
Law professor John Q. Barrett, who was an associate independent counsel during the Iran-Contra investigation, described Mueller to the Times as “rooted in the Justice Department” and possessed of “a kind of G-man temperament.”
From Salon • May 30, 2019
Mr. Felt, played by Liam Neeson, is shown as the consummate G-man, in line to become FBI boss.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2018
And at 42, he’s now heading the Washington Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and looking every bit the G-man image he admired as a child.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2018
And there is scarcely a G-man or a Special Agent anywhere without a very firm opinion on that topic.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
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