revenuer
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈrɛvəˌnuɚ/
- Archaic
:
recaudador
- It is always advisable to locate such a barbecue shack way out in the woods, far from scented candles, sheriffs, and revenuers.
Examples
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It's no wonder that a fair number ran moonshine to stave off the economic and emotional chill, even if it meant contending with corrupt revenuers like those in Lowe Stokes.
Blog text (6) -
Daddy, there hasn't been a Gates in jail since the revenuers caught your moonshinin' uncle squeezin' corn.
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I have no connection with the state, but revenuers don't have a happy history there.
Blog text (27) -
Will states have to hire more 'revenuers' to bust the grow ops?
Blog text (18) -
- And I don't need no revenuers poking around in my business.
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This redefinition of values has been consuming us now for 100 years, ever since the Creature from Jekyll Island and the tax revenuers took over Washington.
Blog text (2) -
♪ Well, the G-Men team ♪ ♪ and the revenuers, too ♪ (screaming)
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As the Indians and the few white people in the room sat stiff and afraid beneath the barrel of the sawed-off shotgun, the revenuers searched the house.
Fiction book (1990) -
All the state organizations and banks that earned foreign currency were required to maintain accounts at Vnesheconombank, which functioned as a cross between a central bank and moonshine revenuers.
Academic text (1993) -
During the Prohibition era, revenuers were tasked with enforcing laws against illegal alcohol production.
Synonyms
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3.6
A person who takes money from people to pay taxes to the government
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3.1
A government worker who collects taxes from people and businesses
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7.9
A government official who collects money people or businesses must pay
A government worker who collects taxes on goods like alcohol
A government worker who collects taxes from people and businesses
A government official who gathers national taxes on income from people and businesses
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word revenuer comes from revenue ('money coming in') and the ending -er meaning 'person'. So, a revenuer is an official who looks after government money, collecting taxes or catching people who make or sell illegal alcohol.