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G-man|ˈdʒiːmæn|
Also G man.
[Probably f. the initial letter of government but perh. in Ireland an arbitrary use of the letter ‘G’.]
a. A political detective in Ireland.
b. In the U.S., a special agent of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation.
1917M. Skinnider Doing Bit for Ireland 177 One morning I was informed there was a ‘G-man’, as we call government detectives, waiting down-stairs to see me. 1922Joyce Ulysses 160 Jack Power could a tale unfold: father a G man. Ibid. 294 The bloody old lunatic is gone round to Green street to look for a G. man. 1926P. Béaslaí Michael Collins I. v. 107 The political detectives of the ‘G’ division of the Dublin Police came like a flock of carrion crows to pick out ‘suspects’... Anyone who had seen that sight may be pardoned if he felt little compunction at the subsequent shooting of these same ‘G’ men. 1930F. D. Pasley Al Capone (1931) i. 33 He offered a G man (Government agent) ten gran' to forget it. 1935Punch 3 July 6/2 For G-men, as they are called.., form the new licensed killers organised by the Federal Government to override all State laws in the suppression of gangster crime and the capture of every Public Enemy. 1946Wodehouse Joy in Morning iii. 24 He was still giving me that searching look, like a G-man hobnobbing with a suspect. 1958Spectator 3 Oct. 447/1 Mr. Hoover has built up..an immense personal reputation..by creating a legend of the G-man that has largely transferred the romantic interest from the robbers to the cops. |