public officer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of public officer
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Some 124 crimes across 80 laws criminalise obstructing a public officer, often without clearly defining what causes "obstruction".
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
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 in the Fulton County indictment with seven criminal counts, including conspiring to impersonate a public officer, to commit first-degree forgery, to make false statements and writings, and to file false documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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
It had never become the settled and systematic course of conduct of any public officer.
From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by D. W. Bartlett
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