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Noun department of justice has 1 sense
  1. Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ - the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
    --1 is a kind of executive department
    --1 has parts:
     Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA; Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS; Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI; Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS; Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA; Federal Bureau of Prisons, BoP; National Institute of Justice, NIJ; United States Marshals Service, US Marshals Service, Marshals
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