sky marshal

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
• Hypernyms: ↑marshal, ↑marshall

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noun
: an armed federal officer in plainclothes who is assigned to prevent skyjackings

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an armed plainclothes federal marshal riding on an airliner to protect against skyjacking.
[1965-70, Amer.]

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sky marshal noun
An armed plain-clothes officer on an air-flight, having the job of protecting passengers and dealing with hijack attempts
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Main Entry: ↑sky

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sky marshal UK US noun [countable] [singular sky marshal plural sky marshals] tourism
a guard who makes certain that passengers stay safe on plane flights
Thesaurus: people who work for airlines and people who travel on planeshyponym

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sky marshal,
an armed law-enforcement officer, usually in plain clothes, assigned to protect aircraft and passengers from skyjackings.

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ˈsky marshal 8 [sky marshal] noun

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