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• n  any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
  an officer is responsible for the lives of his men
• n  someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
  he is an officer of the court
  the club elected its officers for the coming year
• n  a member of a police force
  it was an accident, officer
• n  a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
  he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines
• v  direct or command as an officer

• Eventually one of them was paying Dowd and another officer $8,000 a week in protection money.
• The police officer said authorities found a pipe wrench in a bathroom in the prison yard, which the inmates apparently used to open a ventilation window.
• Tom Cruise and German officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg.

• military officer
• officeholder
• policeman
• police officer
• ship's officer

News & Articles

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• Officer-Involved Shooting In Cromwell
  A Cromwell police officer opened fire on an erratic driver who had crashed into buildings and vehicles early Wednesday, police said.        
  June 12, 2013 - Hartford Courant
• Officer, another driver injured in Omaha collision
  A police officer and another driver have been injured in a three-vehicle collision west of downtown Omaha.
  June 12, 2013 - KGWN-TV Cheyenne
• Officer had been fired before, records show
  A Tampa Police officer fired amid allegations of getting drunk at a strip club while on duty had been fired before. He is now fighting to get benefits he says he is owed.
  June 12, 2013 - FOX 5 Washington D.C.