Ang kahulugan ng diksyunaryo ng salitang "gobyerno" ay ang sistema o grupo ng mga tao na responsable sa pagkontrol at pamamahala sa isang bansa, estado, lungsod, o iba pang yunit ng pulitika. Maaari din itong tumukoy sa paggamit ng awtoridad o kontrol ng sistemang ito o grupo ng mga tao sa mga mamamayan o nasasakupan sa loob ng nasasakupan nito. Maaaring kabilang dito ang iba't ibang sangay o antas ng pamahalaan, gaya ng mga sangay ng ehekutibo, lehislatibo, at hudisyal, pati na rin ang mga ahensya at departamentong responsable para sa mga partikular na tungkulin o serbisyo. Ang salitang "gobyerno" ay maaari ding gamitin nang mas malawak upang tumukoy sa anumang sistema o organisasyon na nagsasagawa ng awtoridad o kontrol sa isang grupo ng mga tao, gaya ng isang korporasyon o nonprofit na organisasyon.
1. They were tucked inside an old chest, hidden beneath dusty volumes of government crap.
2. It would take more than a few government jobs to pay for such good taste.
3. As for their philosophy, Javier said they just spewed a lot of hate about the wilderness being taken over by the government.
4. You may not have directly killed her father, and who knows how many others, with your lousy oatmeal, but you stole their government checks and any remnants of their pride.
5. Celestino went on to describe how some government officials had their family and friends purchase land from farmers, then arranged for the land to be re-zoned so they could sell it on to property developers, this time for a huge profit.
6. All those involved in the initial purchase, all involved in the rezoning, all who turned a blind eye to it, all who spent the proceeds of the property deals, all those lured by sweet deals, all those with greasy palms, all who knew about it and kept quiet for fear of repercussions, everyone from local government officials and staffers, to the lawyers and their families, the developers and beyond.
7. All sorts of government officials are in on it as well.
8. It took five years for the Spanish courts to oblige some municipal mayors to send their dubious hotel permits to the island government and another five to nullify those permits.
9. I make it back to the Cabildo on time, noting with some cynicism that no expense has been spared by the Lanzarote government to create a sense of civic status the concourse, a vast expanse of pale stone paving interspersed with formal plantings, has even been edged with a patterned paved footpath.
10. Despite the best efforts of the government, the onslaught of the virus was too great to be kept secret for very long.