officious in the PONS Dictionary

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That officious bobby will probably end up as chief constable.
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Other roles were as a strict, officious and prissy person in an authority role.
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It might be an overly officious military commander, or more often than not, a shakedown to steal relief supplies.
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It's an overbearing, officious, self-important celebration of corporate greed, unpunished corruption, tolerated cheating and multiculturalism.
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But it's difficult to see these baby cages getting past the eye of officious council chiefs today.
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The classic tests have been the business efficacy test and the officious bystander test.
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Or deploy a squad of officious government employees to harangue anyone who dares to complain that a rat is nesting in the baby carriage.
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The police were quiet, at times officious, at times trying to be reasonable.
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Ordinary voters as much as the twittering classes dislike officious cops and pseudo-cops.
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The officious bystander test is used to determine if an unstated condition was originally implied at the time of contract formation.
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