revenuer

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revenuer

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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.

noun revenuers

US, historical, regional A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol. ‘Mister, if yo're another revenuer, I kin tell ye y'aint gonna leave this valley alive.’
Opposite: smuggler, bootlegger, moonshiner, shiner, rum-runner

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@misc{revenuer_2026,
  title = {revenuer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/revenuer},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}