US POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does US Postal Inspection Service mean? 

• US POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE (noun)
  The noun US POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE has 1 sense:

1. the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service

  Familiarity information: US POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• US POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

United States Postal Inspection Service; US Postal Inspection Service

Hypernyms ("US Postal Inspection Service" 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 ("US Postal Inspection Service" is a part of...):

United States Postal Service; US Postal Service; USPS (an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States)