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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Office of Inspector General mean? 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (noun)
  The noun OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL has 1 sense:

1. the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commissionplay

  Familiarity information: OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Office of Inspector General; OIG

Hypernyms ("Office of Inspector General" is a kind of...):

independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)

Holonyms ("Office of Inspector General" is a part of...):

Federal Trade Commission; FTC (an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft)


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