Chief
Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
Top cat and chief are semantically related. in person in charge topic. In some cases you can use "Top cat" instead a noun "Chief".
Nearby Word: chiefly
Top cat
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Top Cat: The Movie: Lou Strickland has no experience in the police but becomes the new Chief of Police after his father-in-law's retirement.
Source: Nepotism -
Top Cat: The Movie: After becoming Chief of Police, Lou Strickland fires all police officers and replaces them with robots except for Officer Dibble, who's allowed to keep his job because Dibble and Strickland share birthdays and Strickland doesn't want to pay for the party.
Source: The Scrooge - Subverted in the film adaptation of ''Top Cat, in the scene where Dibble returns to the alley to alert TC and his gang that the villain became Chief of Police... after the gang had a celebration going.
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