revenuer

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

revenuers

1.
(US, historical, regional)(US, regional, now historical) A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol.

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From revenue + -er, reflecting the U.S. Treasury Department's former Bureau of Internal Revenue (a predecessor of the IRS and ATF), because the administrative mechanism for enforcing Prohibition originated in excise tax administration; Wikipedia gives details at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives § History.