doj
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1. the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870 (noun.group)
hypernym | : | executive department, |
definition | : | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | bja, bureau of justice assistance, |
definition | : | the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | bjs, bureau of justice statistics, |
definition | : | the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | fbi, federal bureau of investigation, |
definition | : | a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | bop, federal bureau of prisons, |
definition | : | the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | national institute of justice, nij, |
definition | : | the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | marshals, united states marshals service, us marshals service, |
definition | : | the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system (noun.group) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
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