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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Federal Bureau of Investigation mean? 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (noun)
  The noun FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION has 1 sense:

1. a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justiceplay

  Familiarity information: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION used as a noun is very rare.


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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

FBI; Federal Bureau of Investigation

Hypernyms ("Federal Bureau of Investigation" is a kind of...):

law enforcement agency (an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Holonyms ("Federal Bureau of Investigation" 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)

Holonyms ("Federal Bureau of Investigation" is a member of...):

IC; Intelligence Community; National Intelligence Community; United States Intelligence Community (a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence)


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