official:
(plural: ‘officials‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘ci’ are said with an ‘sh’ sound, as in “she” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a person who is given a position in an office, corporate or government, and acts as a subordinate/assistant to some higher authority;
an officer (previous entry);
(in sports) a referee or umpire,
The Chief of Personnel Department Mr. Samuel is known to be the best official our office has ever had, and is awarded the Best Officer award for the third time in a row!
The officials at the Tax Office told us that the tax statements we gave in were not in proper order and that they had sent them to their higher officer for instructions.
It’s great irony to learn that some corrupt officials at the anti-corruption bureau are facing corruption charges!


