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government man

British  

noun

  1. (in the 19th century) a convict

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Many traders see the CFTC’s current head, Rostin Benham, as a relatively crypto-friendly government man running an underresourced agency that is nowhere near as aggressive as the SEC in prosecuting crypto.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2022

There was nothing to parse other than he looked the part of an FBI man — a government man.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2019

Pisa-rev's questions about Dutch classified information were so insistent that the government man went to The Netherlands' security police.

From Time Magazine Archive

I turned him in to the government man, and the FBI came around and found he had a short wave radio and was sending to the Nazis.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the government man shook his head anyway, as if he knew what I was thinking.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

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