Definition of "authorities" []

• Plural form of authority. (noun)

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• "They bitch to authorities& the authorities side with the ratepayer."
• "On a wall was a message written in blood and signed "Z200," a moniker authorities say belongs to a local wing of Mexico's Los Zetas."
• "If you've lived under the Communist regime, you would have some anxiety around officialdom, and perhaps my call, and my use of the term authorities, had touched a nerve."