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DEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does DEA mean?
• DEA (noun)
The noun DEA has 1 sense:
1. federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
Familiarity information: DEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
DEA; Drug Enforcement Administration; Drug Enforcement Agency
Hypernyms ("DEA" is a kind of...):
law enforcement agency (an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws)
Holonyms ("DEA" is a part of...):
Department of Justice; DoJ; Justice; Justice Department (the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870)
Context examples
A terminology subset for the NCPDP that contains concepts within the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Schedule of Controlled Substances.
(NCPDP DEA Schedule Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
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