ATF
Gun licensing bureau
ATF is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a U.S. federal law enforcement agency that regulates the sale and possession of those items and investigates related crimes.
The initialism appears frequently in news about gun regulations and raids: The ATF showed up at dawn.
ATF also stands for automatic transmission fluid, the lubricant used in vehicles with automatic gearboxes.
Office or furniture chest
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- governmentAuthority over a state
- complianceAdhering to requirements
jurisdiction · federal · division · investigation · oversight · licensing · interdiction · raids
Alcohol manufacturing plant
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
- liquorDistilled alcoholic drink
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
smuggling · taxation · prohibition · brewery · winery · licensing · distribution · importation
Projectile-launching weapon
- pistolCompact one-handed firearm
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
- shotgunLong gun firing shot
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
revolver · carbine · semiautomatic · magazine · barrel · trigger · caliber · bullet
Paper-wrapped tobacco for smoking
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
licensing · importation · distribution · counterfeit · excise · carton · diversion
Powerful blasting compound
- detonatorExplosive initiation device
- nitroglycerinExplosive compound, cardiac drug
- TNTPowerful blasting compound
- C4Moldable military explosive
bomb · blast · demolition · pyrotechnics · incendiary · fuse · IED · plastic explosive
bureau
Office or furniture chest
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- governmentAuthority over a state
compliance · jurisdiction · federal · division · investigation · oversight · licensing · interdiction · raids · prohibition
distillery
Alcohol manufacturing plant
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- bootleggingIllegal alcohol production/sale
- liquorDistilled alcoholic drink
spirits · smuggling · taxation · prohibition · brewery · winery · licensing · distribution · importation · proof
gun
Projectile-launching weapon
ammunition · revolver · carbine · semiautomatic · magazine · barrel · trigger · caliber · bullet · handgun
cigarettes
Paper-wrapped tobacco for smoking
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
trafficking · licensing · importation · distribution · counterfeit · excise · carton · diversion
dynamite
Powerful blasting compound
- detonatorExplosive initiation device
- nitroglycerinExplosive compound, cardiac drug
- TNTPowerful blasting compound
C4 · bomb · blast · demolition · pyrotechnics · incendiary · fuse · IED · plastic explosive · ammonium nitrate
- Federal JusticeFBI, DEA, federal prosecutor, federal prosecutors, federal indictment
- agenciesOgilvy, FDA, travel agency, employment agency, news agency
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- crimefighterscops, detectives, FBI, police, sheriffs
- federal governmentexecutive branch, judicial branch, legislative branch, agencies, bureaus
- federal servicesSocial Security, Medicare, IRS, USPS, postal service
ATFarms dealers
Merchants of weapons
cartel · organized crime · bootleggers · moonshiners · black market
- ATF agentFederal law enforcement officer