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                    as in official
                                                
              
          
                                                      a person who holds a public office                                       
              
                             spoke to high-ranking functionaries at the embassy in the hopes that they could help                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in bureaucrat
                                                
              
          
                                                      a worker in a government agency                                       
              
                             the faceless functionaries at the Internal Revenue Service                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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