air marshal

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air marshal (plural air marshals)

  1. (US, law enforcement) An armed, undercover guard on a commercial-airline flight.
    • 2018 April 25, Ron Nixon, “Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program”, in The New York Times[1]:
      T.S.A. said its office of inspection makes quality assurance visits to ensure that the air marshals are properly prepared for their missions. [] Employees with the air marshals view their jobs as crucial to overall efforts to protect airplanes and airports from terrorist attacks.
  2. (British, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, military) A military rank between that of air vice-marshal and air chief marshal, equivalent to an army lieutenant general.

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