What is "exciseman"

Usage examples of "exciseman".

With a voice of triumph the chief exciseman gave orders that my carriage should be seized, and warned me that I would have to pay a fine of twelve hundred francs.

Suppose you were to imitate the exciseman, mesdames, and even if the souls in purgatory were not greatly bettered, some souls in Creil upon the Oise would find themselves none the worse either here or hereafter.

If a shipload of excisemen or pirates lands at the signal lights, they'd find no more than a single man, and that only if he is slow or stupid.

Even excisemen wanted a smuggler's cargo undamaged for the portion of its value that was theirs in reward.

Come along, Fergus, there's eighteen ankers of brandy in the alleyway, and the excisemen on myheels!

I had visions of excisemen combing the brothel, questioning and threatening the women, emerging with complete descriptions of myself, jamic, and Mr.

I said, thinking of the gawky almost-fifteen-yearold I had seen that morning, adrift in an Edinburgh filled with prostitutes, excisemen, smugglers, and hatchct-wielding Fiends.

I'll walk straight along the road, and see if I can distract the excisemen until you're safely past.

There was a furtive whispering between the excisemen and his legal eagle.

Soon thereafter, he became involved in politics, and when the excisemen lobbied Parliament for a salary increase, Paine emerged as their spokesman.

Meanwhile, his own fellow excisemen accused him of embezzling upward of ±30 for his own use from a fund estab­lished to manage their petition to Parliament.

I can lend weight and authority to the revenue cutters and excisemen, and do much as I please.