sky marshal
–noun
| an armed plainclothes federal marshal riding on an airliner to protect against skyjacking. |
[Origin: 1965–70, Americanism
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Sky marshal
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| sky marshal
n. An armed federal law-enforcement officer assigned to prevent and interdict air piracy and acts of terrorism involving commercial aircraft. |
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| sky marshal | |
noun | |
| a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight [syn: air marshal] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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