What is "excisemen"

Usage examples of "excisemen".

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.