officer

officer
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slight; pique, Inf. miff, disgruntle, Inf. put [s.o.] off, displease; vex, annoy, provoke, incense, exasperate, distress; fret, irk, rankle, roil, Chiefly U.S. rile, rattle, ruffle; irritate, aggravate, nettle, chafe, gall, disturb.
2. disgust, repel, repulse, Sl. gross [s.o.] out, Sl. turn [s.o.] off; nauseate, sicken.
3. violate, transgress, trespass, infringe upon, encroach upon, intrude upon, step on the toes of; sin, desecrate, profane, defile, debase.
4. injure, hurt, harm, smart, wound, damage; wrong, malign.
5.All Biblical. tempt, seduce, lead astray, entice, allure, sway.
6. sin, go astray, fall from grace, go to the devil; transgress, trespass; break the law, fault, commit a crime; err, make a mistake, go wrong, blunder, go to the dogs, slip up, lapse, trip; misbehave, Rare. misde-mean.
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n
1. military officer, naval or Navy or Army or Air Force or Marine Corps officer, commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, NCO; general, admiral, flag officer, colonel, commander, commandant, major, captain, Inf. brass.
2. policeman, police officer, officer of the peace or law, lawman, law enforcer, deputy, authority, gendarme, Chiefly Brit. constable, Inf. cop, Sl. copper, U.S. Sl. gumshoe, Sl. flatfoot, Sl. bull; detective, FBI agent, G-man, U.S. Sl. dick, U.S. Sl. fuzz, Sl. narc; military policeman, MP.
3. skipper, ship's captain, master, Inf. old man; mate, first mate, ship's mate, helmsman, pilot, steersman.
4. officeholder, officerbearer, official, Brit. placeman, Rare. officiary, pooh bah; functionary, government or public official, bureaucrat, public or civil serv ant; minister, commissioner, secretary, commissary, (in the U.S.S.R.) commissar, governor, regent, dean; executive, administrator, corporate officer, VIP, big man, big shot, heavy, power broker, Sl. big cheese, Sl. big gun; leader, chief, head, principal, Inf. kingpin, Inf. number one, Inf. Mr. Big, Sl. top dog, Sl. top banana; director, manager, superintendent, overman, overseer, overlooker, boss, Inf. bossman, Sl. the man, Sl. head honcho, Brit. gaffer.
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5. command, direct, run the show, quarterback, Inf. call the plays or shots; rule, rule the roost, govern, control, be in control or charge of, have the upper hand; administer, manage, superintend, conduct, run, operate, engineer, orchestrate, carry out, regulate; steer, drive, pilot, navigate, hold the reins, be at the helm, be in the driver's seat or saddle

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