Department of Justice

Department of Justice: noun

the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870 (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑Justice Department, ↑Justice, ↑DoJ

• Topics: ↑legislation, ↑statute law, ↑law, ↑jurisprudence

• Hypernyms: ↑executive department

• Part Meronyms:

↑Bureau of Justice Assistance, ↑BJA, ↑Bureau of Justice Statistics, ↑BJS, ↑Federal Bureau of Investigation, ↑FBI, ↑Drug Enforcement Administration, ↑Drug Enforcement Agency, ↑DEA, ↑Federal Bureau of Prisons, ↑BoP, ↑National Institute of Justice, ↑NIJ, ↑United States Marshals Service, ↑US Marshals Service, ↑Marshals

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the department of the U.S. federal government charged with the responsibility for the enforcement of federal laws. Abbr.: DOJ

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