| 单词 | federal agent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfederal agent federal agent n. (also with capital initial) U.S. a representative of the U.S. federal government, (now) esp. a federal law-enforcement officer. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > specifically in U.S. sheriff1662 federal agent1781 marshal1789 marshal1830 federales1958 1781 Jrnls. Congr. 1780 Index p. xxviii Fœderal agents for [prizes], in Pennsylvania state, discharged. 1824 ‘Citizen of Massachusetts’ Remarks State Rights 38 The certain, though gradual effect of the concentration of all power in the general government will be the multiplication of federal agents and officers. 1893 Garden & Forest 27 Sept. 401/2 It seems idle to believe that Congress can ever confer upon a Federal agent the authority to enter upon a man's field and destroy his trees or their products in order to abate vegetable diseases or insect enemies. 1923 F. J. Haskin Amer. Govt. (rev. ed.) xxxvii. 437 Federal agents staged raids that revealed both the widespread extent of Volstead Law violations as well as the determination of the Government to suppress such violations. 2010 Nature 7 Oct. 651/2 In 2004, federal agents stormed his house in hazmat suits with guns drawn. < as lemmas |
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