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Definition of semiofficial
: having some official authority or standing
From the M-W Editors
Recent Examples of semiofficial from the Web
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There was government propaganda, censorship, semiofficial law enforcement locking people up, the [1919] red scare.
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The semiofficial Tasnim news agency said the cause of incident is under investigation.
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Turkey’s semiofficial Anadolu news agency reported.
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In recent months, officers from Nigeria’s police and State Security Service have launched nationwide raids on semiofficial money changers who swap valuable U.S. dollars for wads of the naira currency.
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Mr. Abdollahian told the semiofficial news agency Fars that the execution of Sheikh Nimr was the latest such blunder.
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First Known Use of semiofficial
1806
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