The phrase "agent of authority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a person or entity that has the power to enforce rules, make decisions, or act on behalf of a governing body or organization.
Example: "The agent of authority was responsible for ensuring compliance with the new regulations."
Alternatives: "authority figure" or "representative of authority".
There is a danger that landlords will be seen as agents of authority as they seek more information about their residents circumstances.
Following the Peterloo Massacre and the government's introduction of a Seditious Meetings Prevention Bill, Coke accused the government of being "most strongly implicated in the events in Manchester", saying that the meeting would have been peaceful had it not been "interfered with by the officious agents of authority".
They said the subpoenas asked for information about lawful behavior that was not relevant to the cases and would, in effect, turn I-Witness into an agent of the authorities.
What all conceptualizations and working definitions of the term political prisoner have in common is their acknowledgment of the importance of power relations, specifically between dissidents and agents of governmental authority or ruling elites.
Similarly, the governor's councils, theoretically agents of royal authority, came to be dominated by prominent provincial leaders who tended to reflect the interests of the leadership of the lower house of assembly rather than those of the royal government in London.
October 19, 1610 London, England July 21 , 1688England James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormonde, (born October 19, 1610, London, England died July 21 , 1688 Kingston Lacy, Dorset) Anglo-Irish Protestant who was the leading agent of English royal authority in Ireland during much of the period from the beginning of the English Civil Wars (1642 51) to the Glorious Revolution (1688 89).
Participants indicated that sociocultural differences resulted in divergent expectations with migrants viewing the participants as agents of migration authorities.
In April, Halifax Police charged a Border Services agent with using his position of authority to repeatedly sexually assault a woman who was scheduled to be deported.
Israel today shut down the office here of Sari Nusseibeh, the leading voice of moderation among Palestinians, accusing him of undermining Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem by serving as an agent of Yasir Arafat's Palestinian Authority.
