Justice Department
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- proper noun
- /ˈdʒʌstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt/
- US
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Departamento de Justicia (EE. UU.)
- The Justice Department investigates criminal activities to ensure federal laws are upheld.
- U.S. Justice Department
- Justice Department officials
- a Justice Department lawyer
So if you were in the Justice Department, like what would be your number one?
- So if you were in the Justice Department, like what would be your number one?
- There's a few other heavyweights in there now, guys from the Justice Department, high level people.
- Trump ran that he was going to turn the Justice Department into a department of retribution.
- So the independence of the Attorney General and the Justice Department has been slashed to hell.
- Finally, the FBI and the Justice Department said, no, no, you can't do this.
- So her deal is we're going to give the Justice Department oversight over state abortion laws.
- Under investigation by the special counsel on Trump and Russia from the Justice Department.
- There was a tape, the Justice Department had a tape of those soldiers being ordered to shoot.
- So late yesterday, the Justice Department broke news via The Associated Press that the Justice Department is going to open an election fraud case.
- You've been called upon as an expert resource by law enforcement, including the BATFFBI and United States Justice Department.
- It came out in court later that the Justice Department emailed the US Army and told them, hey, this is Chinese ammo.
- And also, you know, half of his employees at the Justice Department were FBI agents who work for Hoover.
- And this week, the Department of Justice is a petty Justice Department.
Examples
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The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service are both divisions of the Justice Department.
Fiction book (1995) -
The US Justice Department has been going after exchanges for a while for violating KYC rules.
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So if you were in the Justice Department, like what would be your number one?
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And that is going to be a question that the Justice Department has the address because what are we telling society?
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So late yesterday, the Justice Department broke news via The Associated Press that the Justice Department is going to open an election fraud case.
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Could you get me a breakdown of Justice Department agencies on this thing?
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In 2013, the Justice Department ultimately dropped charges against Blackwater for giving arms to Jordan.
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Strong opposition came from the Justice Department, Defense Department, CIA, and other intelligence agencies.
Academic text (1996) -
The SEC itself can't file criminal charges, but often works with the Justice Department and the US Attorney's Office to bring criminal charges if needed.
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Inside the Justice Department's Office of Pardon Office of the Pardon Attorney, a small group of career prosecutors choose whom the president will consider for pardon.
Synonyms
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A part of the United States government that enforces federal laws and handles legal cases
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A United States government department that makes sure people follow national laws and brings legal cases
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound meaning (an organizational unit responsible for justice) is directly derivable from 'justice' (fairness/law) + 'department' (an organizational unit), and many languages have an equivalent construction (e.g., Ministry/Department of Justice). Although it is a specific proper-name for the U.S. agency, a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer that it denotes the government body in charge of justice and law enforcement.
Etymology
Justice Department comes from the words justice, meaning 'fairness' and 'the law', and department, meaning a 'part of government' with a job, so the name gives the picture of a government office whose job is to make sure laws are followed and people are treated fairly. That's why today Justice Department means the government office that enforces laws and protects people's rights.