government agent

Other forms: government agents

Definitions of government agent
  1. noun
    a representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government
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    types:
    FBI agent, G-man, government man
    a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
    revenuer
    a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging)
    T-man
    a special law-enforcement agent of the United States Treasury
    type of:
    agent
    a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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