public officer

American  

noun

1. a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.

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Etymology

Origin of public officer

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

First, the police must establish whether the person they're investigating was a "public officer" and the incident in question was plausibly part of those duties.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

She had been facing charges of violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

He is charged with nine counts including solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer and conspiracy to commit forgery.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Meadows was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury for allegedly violating the state's racketeering law and solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2023

In Mr. Wilde the city has lost an active and intelligent public officer and a useful citizen, and the Liberal party a most efficient agent. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles