noun
- federal agents who enforce laws against illegal distilling and smuggling of alcoholic beverages
Usage: informal; historical
Examples
- The revenuers raided the moonshine operation in the mountains.
- During Prohibition, revenuers constantly pursued bootleggers.
- The old moonshiner always kept watch for revenuers.
- Revenuers destroyed several illegal stills last month.
- Local folklore tells stories of clever moonshiners outwitting the revenuers.
- The revenuers worked for the Treasury Department’s enforcement division.