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  • noun Plural form of defier.

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Examples

  • But Justice's Mr. Hochman said he prefers the term "defiers" to make it clear it's not someone who is merely speaking out against some tax policy or law.

    The New Crackdown on Tax 'Defiers' 2008

  • Top EBRD economist calls some countries 'defiers' of gravity.

    East Europe seen avoiding currency crunch 2008

  • More than 8,500 volunteers or 'defiers' were imprisoned for peacefully refusing to obey apartheid laws.

    "The Defiance Campaign" 1952

  • Meanwhile the Post profiles D.C. police Detective Michael C. Irving, one of a growing number of tax "defiers" (including actor Wesley Snipes!) who argue they shouldn't have to pay any income taxes.

    DCist 2009

  • "Snipes 'long prison sentence should send a loud and crystal clear message to all tax defiers that if they engage in similar tax defier conduct, they face joining him and his co-defendants ... as inmates in prison," said Nathan Hochman, an official at the US Department of Justice Tax Division.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

  • The 1990s saw the rise and fall of the virulently antigovernment 'Patriot' movement, made up of paramilitary militias, tax defiers and so-called 'sovereign citizens.'

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: SPLC Report: Return of the Militias 2009

  • Olbermann had Mark Potok, the director of the intelligence project for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on his show to discuss a new report out from the SPLC ( "Return of the Militias") showing "right-wing militias, ideologically-driven tax defiers and so-called sovereign citizens are materializing in significant numbers."

    Maddow, Olbermann & Shock Troops for the Radical Right 2009

  • They are called tax deniers, tax defiers, and tax protesters.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Delusional and Stupid Tax Deniers 2009

  • Olbermann had Mark Potok, the director of the intelligence project for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on his show to discuss a new report out from the SPLC ( "Return of the Militias") showing "right-wing militias, ideologically-driven tax defiers and so-called sovereign citizens are materializing in significant numbers."

    Maddow, Olbermann & Shock Troops for the Radical Right 2009

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    OpEdNews - Quicklink: SPLC Report: Return of the Militias 2009

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