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public official

noun as in civil servant

noun as in government employee

noun as in notary

noun as in public servant

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And two, that as a public official you can make tough choices, do the right things for the right reasons, and upset some people.

It was the first time that a Chinese public official acknowledged the existence of the tiger pelt trade within the country.

“A public official,” he added, “who accepts bribesis tantamount to a traitor” because they betray the trust of the public.

No public official in our time has been anywhere near his intellectual equal.

How rare for a high public official to say something so unequivocally true.

Thus, to import insanity or incompetency to a professional man, or that a public official is dishonest and corrupt is actionable.

He is a man of genuine worth, alert, energetic and progressive not only in his business connections but also as a public official.

As private citizen and public official he always strove to do his full duty.

No public official is appointed without receiving its visa, and it contrives even to elect the administrative officials.

A public official desires to be associated in people's minds with the department he actually controls.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to public official, such as: public servant, government worker, and public employee.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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