[旧] government officials，bureaucracy，placeman ；

[例句] 官吏出于狭隘的责任观念往往倾向于保密. Officials tend to tilt toward secrecy from a parochial view of their responsibilities.

[例句] “官吏”这个词在使用时常常带有轻蔑的含义。 The word "placeman" is often used contemptuously.

[旧] warder，prison officer，jailer，turnkey ；

[例句] 狱吏冲进牢房把他吊死了。 Guards rushed into his cell and strung him up.

[例句] 狱吏此时用权杖做了个姿势. The grim beadle now made a gesture with his staff.

hangman ；

[例句] 快乐的绞刑吏与哭泣的殉教者. The hangman who feels joy and the martyr who sobs.

[例句] 这是绞刑吏的一场游戏! This is a game of hangman!

[法] sheriff ；

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