customs officer
Passport checkpoint worker
A customs officer is a government official who inspects goods and people entering a country.
They check for prohibited items, collect import duties, and enforce trade regulations at borders, airports, and seaports: The customs officer searched our luggage for contraband.
Forcible taking or convulsion
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- arrestSeize by law
- detentionTemporary official holding
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
patrol · investigation · smuggling · contraband · prohibited goods · narcotics · fraud · violation
Inspection station on route
- port of entryAuthorized border crossing location
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- passport controlBorder document verification point
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
frontier · entry point · arrival hall · departure · transit · international terminal · land border · airport
Methodical assessment or review
- searchAct of seeking
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- verificationProving something accurate
detection · interrogation · audit · compliance · inquiry · probe · check · vetting
Taxes on imports
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
- importObtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- declarationFormal public announcement
cargo · manifest · valuation · classification · quotas · excise · freight · shipment
Worn symbol of membership
- uniformIdentical throughout
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- government officialState-employed administrator
civil servant · rank · seniority · supervisor · station · department · agency · border guard
seizure
Forcible taking or convulsion
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- arrestSeize by law
- detentionTemporary official holding
interdiction · patrol · investigation · smuggling · contraband · prohibited goods · narcotics · fraud · violation · penalty
checkpoint
Inspection station on route
- port of entryAuthorized border crossing location
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- passport controlBorder document verification point
crossing · frontier · entry point · arrival hall · departure · transit · international terminal · land border · airport · seaport
examination
Methodical assessment or review
verification · detection · interrogation · audit · compliance · inquiry · probe · check · vetting · monitoring
tariffs
Taxes on imports
declaration · cargo · manifest · valuation · classification · quotas · excise · freight · shipment · commercial invoice
badge
Worn symbol of membership
- uniformIdentical throughout
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- powerEnergy transfer rate
government official · civil servant · rank · seniority · supervisor · station · department · agency · border guard
- port jobsharbor master, harbor pilot, dockmaster, port authority, river pilot
- jobsdoctor, administrator, lawyer, teacher, nurse
- border controlvisa requirements, passport control, guard, border crossing, border security
- customswedding custom, burial custom, custom, holiday tradition, greeting
- customs officeinspector, passport check, duty desk, security scanner, x-ray machine
- customs stationcheckpoint, duty-free zone, passport control, cargo inspection, nothing to declare
customs officersmuggler
Illegal goods transporter
trafficker · drug trafficker · bootlegger · drug mule · black marketeer
officer, customer, customs, customary, customize, customized, customizing, customization, uncustomary