noun
1 in the army, navy, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ air-force , army , military , naval
▪ commanding , high-ranking , ranking , senior , superior
▪
The decision rests with the ranking ~ (= the most senior officer present) .
▪ junior , petty
▪
a former navy chief petty ~
▪ commissioned , non-commissioned
▪ warrant
▪ staff
▪ recruiting
▪ duty
▪
He telephoned the duty ~ at regimental headquarters.
▪ intelligence
▪
He's a retired Army intelligence ~.
▪ uniformed
▪ retired
VERB + OFFICER
▪ salute
▪
to salute a superior ~
OFFICER + VERB
▪ command sth
▪
the ~ commanding the infantry
▪ serve
▪
a former army ~ who served in Bosnia
OFFICER + NOUN
▪ corps
▪ cadet ( esp. BrE ), candidate ( AmE )
▪ training
2 in the government or other organization
ADJECTIVE
▪ chief , principal , senior
▪ full-time , part-time
▪ presiding , responsible , supervising ( esp. BrE )
▪
Report the incident to the responsible ~.
▪
the ~ responsible for implementing the plan
▪ regional
▪ administrative , customs , environmental health ( BrE ), financial , liaison , medical , press , probation , security , trading standards ( BrE ), training , welfare ( esp. BrE )
▪
an education welfare ~ ( BrE )
▪ chief executive (abbreviated to CEO ) , chief financial (abbreviated to CFO ) , chief information , chief investment , chief marketing , chief operating , chief technology , etc. ( all business )
VERB + OFFICER
▪ be , work as
▪ become
▪ appoint (sb)
▪
Khan has been appointed chief executive ~.
▪ have
▪
The charity has a full-time press ~ working with the national newspapers.
3 policeman/policewoman ⇨ See also ↑ policeman
ADJECTIVE
▪ chief , senior , superior
▪ junior
▪ law enforcement , police
▪ arresting , investigating
▪ duty
▪
We spoke to the duty ~ at the police station.
▪ uniformed
▪ plain-clothes
▪ undercover
OFFICER + VERB
▪ investigate sth
▪
~s investigating the murder
▪ patrol sth
▪ raid sth , swoop on sth ( BrE , informal )
▪
Officers raided an address in the Pittsburgh area.
▪
100 ~s swooped on various south Essex locations.
▪ seize sth
▪ arrest sb