FAM

See also: fam, Fam, fam., Fam., fàm, fám, and fâm

English

Noun

FAM (plural FAMs)

1. (US, law enforcement) Initialism of federal air marshal.
   • 2018 April 25, Ron Nixon, “Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program”, in The New York Times‎:

     “I ultimately decided to leave (retire) because I was denied the ability to leverage my experience for the good of the FAMs and I realize that I was part of a system which was putting the emotional well-being of FAMs at risk,” Kathleen Christian, who resigned last year as a clinical psychologist with the federal air marshals, said on Nov. 17 in a scathing email to several marshals.