revenuer

Meanings

Noun

a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging)
A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Antonyms

;, bootlegger, moonshiner, rum-runner, shiner, smuggler

Scrabble Score: 11

revenuer is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
revenuer is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
revenuer is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

revenuer is a valid Words With Friends word