Definition of "officials" []

• Plural form of official. (noun)

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• "That's crediting the officials who are responsible for bringing the project about in their capacity as _officials_, NOT in their capacity as Liberal or Conservative MPs."
• "Even though he has intelligence in his title officials tell us he most likely was in charge of sort of overseeing the loyalty of Saddam Hussein's troops."
• "The Defence Ministry said the coordinator of Swiss aid projects for the Niafounke area, another Swiss and a Malian civilian were killed in a clash between troops and "armed bandits", the term officials use to describe Tuareg rebels."