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Definition
the people expected to obey orders in an organization — such as employees of a firm or soldiers in the military
- K.B.I. personnel, returning the two men to Kansas, have already left Las Vegas by car.3 — Answer (78% in)
- 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-58269.3 — Answer (19% in)
- 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.4 — The Corner (18% in)
- 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.4 — The Corner (37% in)
There are no more uses of "personnel" in In Cold Blood.
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