customs official
Passport stamp person
A customs official is a government employee who inspects goods and travelers crossing international borders.
They check for contraband, collect duties on imported items, and enforce trade regulations: The customs official searched our bags for undeclared items.
At airports, customs officials typically process arriving international passengers after immigration.
- immigration officerEntry point official
- passport controlBorder document verification point
- border checkpointControlled crossing between nations
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- random searchUnsystematic examination of possibilities
sniffer dog · documentation · enforcement · export control · import duty · international trade agreements · border security · contraband · false bottom · passenger screening · strip search · free trade area · airport terminal · cargo hold · duty · smuggling · visa · port of entry
- ancient occupationssoldier, merchant, farmer, shepherd, carpenter
- taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund
- Tsarist Russiatsar, tsars, czar, tsarina, czarina
- Qing ChinaQing dynasty, Manchu, Aisin Gioro, banners, Eight Banners
customs officialsmuggler
Illegal goods transporter
travel agent · drug mule · traveler · tourist · tour operator
customs officialsmuggler
Illegal goods transporter
black marketeer · trafficker · drug trafficker · bootlegger · drug runner
customs, official, custom, customary, customarily, officialdom, officially, unofficial, unofficially