noun
an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws
• Hypernyms: ↑agency, ↑federal agency, ↑government agency, ↑bureau, ↑office, ↑authority
• Hyponyms:
↑Federal Bureau of Investigation, ↑FBI, ↑Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, ↑FLETC, ↑Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, ↑FinCEN, ↑Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, ↑ATF, ↑Criminal Investigation Command, ↑CID, ↑Drug Enforcement Administration, ↑Drug Enforcement Agency, ↑DEA, ↑Federal Bureau of Prisons, ↑BoP, ↑Federal Judiciary, ↑National Institute of Justice, ↑NIJ, ↑United States Marshals Service, ↑US Marshals Service, ↑Marshals, ↑police, ↑police force, ↑constabulary, ↑law
Useful english dictionary. 2012.