To be referring to a group of others as a whole such as a government, military group, etc. Similar to "the royal we".
Person A: "They put another set of traffic lights here."
Person B: "Are you referring to the government with the royal they?"
Person A: "Yup."
Person B: "Are you referring to the government with the royal they?"
Person A: "Yup."
by DrMolotov January 10, 2009
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