| 单词 | personation agent |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspersonation agent personation agent n. now chiefly Irish English an official employed at an election to detect people attempting to vote under a false name. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > candidate's agent preventing personation personation agent1864 personating agent1879 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection > person engaged in > employed at elections personation agent1864 personating agent1879 1864 Times 21 Mar. 6/5 In cross-examination he said he did not know that one Alexander M'Cann was employed as a personation agent on his behalf. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 July 2/1 Had I been a personation agent I should most certainly have protested against every alternate voter. 1952 D. G. Neill in D. E. Butler Brit. Gen. Election of 1951 ix. 224 It was thought essential for an efficient party machine..to have at least one officially approved ‘personation’ agent to each polling-booth. 2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 15 Oct. 8 On polling day, personation agents are supplied with copies of the voters' register, though they are not allowed to leave polling stations with them. < as lemmas |
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