G-man
Americannoun
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G-men
plural
noun
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slang an FBI agent
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a political detective
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of G-man
First recorded in 1920–25; probably representing Government man
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A G-man joins the district attorney’s office and busts a racketeer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2019
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
Plus he’s tall, making him a top pick to play the 6-foot-8 former G-man.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 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 Bruce Sterling
As his name suggests, Agent Smith is nothing more than a monotone parody of FBI G-men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
They are 3-0 at home, beating the G-men in 1997, 2006 and 2014.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
Joe Judge changed the culture in his first year and led the G-men to six wins, which in the awful N.F.C.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
South Florida just earned a shameful distinction - it is the single region in the country where the most FBI agents have been killed since G-men were created in 1908.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
Even before World War II, Hoover had wanted his G-men to become the chief spy hunters in the Americas.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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