That's the last thing they'd want with the authorities already breathing down their necks.
MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER
Appropriate formal requests were made of our comrades in the East German security authorities.
Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES
My location manager will ask the authorities for permission to use the real thing.
Forbes, Bryan A SONG AT TWILIGHT
In other languages
authorities
British English: authorities NOUN
the authoritiesThe authorities are the people who are in charge of everyone else.
This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections.
American English: authorities
Brazilian Portuguese: autoridades
Chinese: 当局
European Spanish: autoridades
French: autorités
German: Behörden
Italian: autorità
Japanese: 当局
Korean: 당국
European Portuguese: autoridades
Latin American Spanish: autoridades
All related terms of 'authorities'
authority
The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed .
port authorities
the body with overall responsibility for a port
prison authorities
the people in charge of running a prison
immigration authorities
the authorities or official government bodies who regulate laws regarding immigration and immigrants
port authority
the body with overall responsibility for a port
tax authority
the official body that administers and collects a country's taxes
aviation authority
a body that is responsible for overseeing the aviation industry
local authority
A local authority is an organization that is officially responsible for all the public services and facilities in a particular area.
unitary authority
(in the United Kingdom ) a district administered by a single tier of local government , esp those districts of England that became administratively independent of the county councils in 1996–98
water authority
an official body which is responsible for providing water
education authority
the department of a local authority that is concerned with education , or the government department concerned with education
local education authority
a body that is responsible for education in a particular area