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BoP

BoP

15 9.1
The agency that runs federal prisons in the United States
  • noun
  • Formal
translation icon : Oficina Federal de Prisiones
  • After his conviction, he was transferred to a facility run by the BOP.

So what happens is I was so close to the door and my points were so low that the BOP kept saying we have to ship you to a camp.

Examples

  • She filed a complaint with the BOP regarding the treatment of inmates.

  • There are still hydrates building up under the BOP from these leaks.

    Blog text (14)

  • Then, if your last line of defense is the BOP, you are probably already screwed.

    Blog text (1)

  • I have an idea for closing the flow out of the BOP, or at least reducing it.

    Blog text (17)

  • Is there any chance that it would increase pressure at the BOP beyond its uncertain ability to hold on?

    Blog text (17)

  • The main problem is to get that BOP stack working again enough to use the correct RAM.

    Blog text (17)

  • So what happens is I was so close to the door and my points were so low that the BOP kept saying we have to ship you to a camp.

    Danny Jones

  • We mentioned above the importance of including the balance of payments (BOP) as a control variable for IMF relationships.

    Academic text (1990)

  • You are looking at the wellhead; the kinked riser is attached to the BOP sitting on the wellhead.

    Blog text (17)

  • The BOP is responsible for overseeing all federal prisons across the United States.

Synonyms

Federal Bureau of Prisons
vsBoP
  • Formal
3 4.0

A U.S. government agency that runs prisons and holds people found guilty of federal crimes

is the short written form used instead of the full name

Compounds

hard bop
1 7.9

A kind of jazz from the 1950s with a strong blues feeling and soulful sound

Surface Forms

BoP singular
BoPs plural

Etymology

BoP is a short name made from the words Bureau and Prisons, and it stands for the US government office that runs federal prisons. A helpful way to remember it is that a Bureau is like a 'desk' or 'office' that manages things, so BoP is the office in charge of prisons.