Authority and Bureaucrat

Authority

Authority noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Bureaucrat and authority are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bureaucrat" instead a noun "Authority".

Bureaucrat noun - A worker in a government agency.

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Authority and bureaucrat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Bureaucrat".

Nearby Words: bureaucratic, bureaucracy

good	good authority	good bureaucrat
genuine	genuine authority	genuine bureaucrat
single	single authority	single bureaucrat
actual	actual authority	actual bureaucrat
Other adjectives: little, strict, less, royal, imperial, local.

Another mission has you running all over the city trying to find the bureaucrat with the authority to hand out the new medical supplies; the highlight of that mission is when a guy tells you to talk to his superior, who is five feet away from him.

Source: Obstructive Bureaucrat
Obstructive Bureaucrat: The above Trope is Inverted with pretty much every other authority figure in the movie.

Source: Western Animation / Justin and the Knights of Valour
They may be a Conspiracy Theorist with authority investigating the heroes, an Obstructive Bureaucrat making hell for the heroes, or they may be covering up for their own wrongdoings.

Source: Insane Admiral

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