FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS

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

• FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS (noun)
  The noun FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS has 1 sense:

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

BoP; Federal Bureau of Prisons

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

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

Holonyms ("Federal Bureau of Prisons" 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)