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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does National Institute of Justice mean? 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE (noun)
  The noun NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE has 1 sense:

1. the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justiceplay

  Familiarity information: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

National Institute of Justice; NIJ

Hypernyms ("National Institute of Justice" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("National Institute of Justice" 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)


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