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начальство n stresses
gen.	command; authority; windjammer; front office; muckey a muck; superior; brass hats; brass; commandership; grown-ups (suburbian); the authorities; senior staff
Gruzovik	direction
Игорь Миг	higher ups
amer., slang	muckey-a-muck
dipl.	muckamucks (bigmaxus)
gram.	rule
Gruzovik, coll.	management
Gruzovik, inf.	chief; boss
inf.	heads (Vitaliyb); the execs (SirReal); guys at the top (Ремедиос_П); high-up (Taras); bosses (Bosses are never late – they just get delayed. VLZ_58); the execs (The execs called. They want him gone by the end of the day. SirReal); brass (обязательно с the: "I'll call you. I have to check with the brass." (Raymond Chandler) – Я тебе позвоню. Я должен связаться с начальством по этому вопросу. ART Vancouver)
Makarov.	authorities; chiefs; superiors
mil., inf.	viper
mil., lingo	lifer (MichaelBurov)
sec.sys.	head
slang	higher-ups (MichaelBurov); muckey-mucks; big dicks (Usually the affluent and successful owner or senior manager of an establishment that neglects taking responsibility and shirks responding to complaints. VLZ_58); muckedy-muck (gennady shevchenko); higher-up (MichaelBurov)
"начальство" n
torped.	viper

начальство: 116 phrases in 27 subjects

American usage, not spelling	1
Aviation	3
Business	1
Christianity	1
Clerical	1
Corporate governance	2
Derogatory	1
Education	1
Figure of speech	1
General	52
Humorous / Jocular	2
Idiomatic	2
Informal	2
Invective	1
Ironical	1
Jargon	1
Law	1
Makarov	17
Military	3
Military lingo	6
News style	1
Obsolete / dated	6
Politics	1
Production	1
Slang	5
Trade unions	1
Vulgar	1