revenuer
revenuer · revenuers
A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcoholA government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol.
US/ɹˈɛvənˌuɚ/
Meaning
1 senses(US, historical, regional)A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol.
More definitions
- a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging)
Origin
From revenue + -er, reflecting the U.S. Treasury Department's former Bureau of Internal ReFrom 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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source