Example Sentences

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Takahashi was a member of the Tokyo Olympic executive board, and Kyodo said that as a quasi-civil servant, accepting money or gifts could be constitute bribery.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2022

As a quasi-civil servant, Kyodo said he was not allowed to receive such payments.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2022

It is ostensibly a quasi-civil force, and it was formed and equipped without the worry of international queries and interference.

From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet

In May, 1771, the conflict lost its quasi-civil nature.

From Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground by Skinner, Constance Lindsay