as in assistants
a person who helps a more skilled person
the drug lord has a pair of brutal lieutenants who do most of his dirty work for him
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How a lack of resources affects responses The Navajo Nation Police Department employs 171 officers, including commanders, sergeants and lieutenants, and there are about 350 schools on the Navajo Nation that authorities are in charge of protecting.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
The attack killed the group’s long-time leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and some of his top-line lieutenants.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
In this early stage, experts are well positioned to exercise a rationalizing influence over authoritarian ruling elites, who may be surprisingly unaware of problems, having been shielded from reality by their own lieutenants.
—Calvert W. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
The attack killed the group’s long-time leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and some of his top-line lieutenants.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
In this early stage, experts are well positioned to exercise a rationalizing influence over authoritarian ruling elites, who may be surprisingly unaware of problems, having been shielded from reality by their own lieutenants.
—Calvert W. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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“Lieutenants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lieutenants. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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