Official and Referee

Official

Official noun - A person who holds a public office.

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Referee and official are semantically related in sport topic. In some cases you can use "Referee" instead a noun "Official".

Referee noun - (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.

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Official and referee are semantically related in sport topic. Sometimes you can use "Official" instead a noun "Referee".

good	good official	good referee
female	female official	female referee
fair	fair official	fair referee
corrupt	corrupt official	corrupt referee
Other adjectives: crooked, main, senior, former, racist, competent, elderly, unnamed.

The official story is that the referee strangled himself, jumped off a bridge, and then overdosed on amphetamines (all of which was actually caused by Rummy of course).

Source: The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much
When the announcer/referee hears about this, he goes ahead and makes it official, making the match timed.

Source: Video Game / Solatorobo
He finally snapped out of his stupor after a referee tried to stop him and he kicked the official in the face; he then had a My God, What Have I Done?

Source: Wrestling / Shawn Michaels

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