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local authority
     ( local authorities    plural  ) A local authority is an organization that is officially responsible for all the public services and facilities in a particular area.
  (BRIT)      n-count
in AM, use local government

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! abuse of delegated appointment authority	n.	abus du pouvoir de nomination délégué.
! abuse of authority in implementing corrective action	n.	abus de pouvoir dans l'application des mesures correctives.
! Dominant	adj.	A person with power or authority than others	Your father is one of the dominant man in his section because he is boss .
pull rank on somebody	exp.	use the authority given by a position (in society, in a company etc.) to determine someone to act in a certain manner	E.g: He is not eager to attend the event, but he has to be there because his boss pulled rank on him.
kleptocrat	n.	a person paid by the state to work in the interests of the nation who considers it to be a ‘right’ to be able abuse his or her authority to ensure personal gain for himself or herself at the expense of the nation…	neologism ... created on some blog
! UNHCR	n.	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.	In more than six decades, UNHCR has helped tens of millions of people restart their lives. The UNHCR has won two Nobel Peace Prizes. unhcr.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNHCR

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