Collocations for "officer"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "officer" in context.
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officer
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- good [morning, afternoon, evening], officer
- how can I help you today, officer?
- what seems to be the problem, officer?
- a [highway, municipal, state] officer
- an officer of the law
- a law-enforcement officer
- speak with the officer in charge
- speak with the officer on duty
- the [commanding, on-duty] officer
- interview with an immigration officer
- the officer who [has, will, shall]
- the officer is [required to, responsible for]
- the officer [booked, fined, arrested] (the driver)
- the officer called for [backup, support, an ambulance]
- provide the officer with
- the officer may [request, ask for]
- an officer was [shot, killed, injured]
- training new officers
- [detected, found, questioned] by a customs officer
- [an administrative, a loan, a hearing] officer
- the Chief [Executive, Marketing] Officer
- officer training (camp)
- officer recruits
- officer training (camp)
- officer recruits
'officer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
a nose for sth
- administrative
- advise
- alert
- army
- beat
- become
- captive
- chief
- collar
- compliance
- court
- cuff
- custom
- deputy
- discharge
- disguise
- elder
- enforcement
- executive
- grass
- halt
- hearing
- helmet
- jail
- liaison
- living
- male
- mugger
- murder
- navy
- operating
- opportunity
- paid
- paper
- parole
- petty
- plain
- plug
- police
- procurement
- query
- ranking
- record
- report
- robust
- round
- royal
- salute
- scam