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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

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

Baiting their trap with a harmless but official-looking document, the police let the government man trade it to Tarasov for cash.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jinx snuck a look at the government man sitting in the second row.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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