All 4 Uses of
personnel
in
In Cold Blood
- The lieutenant had then written a memorandum ordering all police personnel to be on the alert for Hickock and Smith: "Wanted in Kansas for parole violation, and said to be driving a 1949 Chevrolet bearing Kansas license JO-58269.†
Chpt 3
- K.B.I. personnel, returning the two men to Kansas, have already left Las Vegas by car.†
Chpt 3 *
- But the personnel with whom I discussed the matter said they were willing to start work at once; and, of course, being a state institution it won't cost the county a nickel.†
Chpt 4
- In cross-examining the K.B.I. personnel, the defense attorneys, a beleaguered pair, argued that the admissions of guilt had been obtained by improper means-brutal interrogation in sweltering, brightly lighted, closet-like rooms.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(personnel) people employed by an organization or members of the military
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, Personnel may refer to the department of a firm that deals with what today is more commonly called Human Resources and which acts as a company-wide interface with employees. See the related Wikipedia article for a discussion.