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United States Army Criminal Investigation Command

United States Army Criminal Investigation Command

5.6
An agency that investigates crimes by members of the United States Army worldwide
  • proper noun
translation icon : Comando de Investigación Criminal del Ejército de los Estados Unidos
  • The United States Army Criminal Investigation Command is responsible for investigating serious crimes involving Army personnel.

Examples

  • After the theft was reported on base, the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command launched a thorough inquiry.

  • Several agents of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command interviewed witnesses at the crime scene.

  • The United States Army Criminal Investigation Command is investigating the case.

  • Did the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command find any evidence?

  • After the theft was reported on base, the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command launched a thorough inquiry.

  • Several agents of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command interviewed witnesses at the crime scene.

  • The United States Army Criminal Investigation Command is responsible for investigating serious crimes involving Army personnel.

Synonyms

CID
vsUnited States Army Criminal Investigation Command
9 6.8

A part of the Army that investigates crimes involving soldiers worldwide

is the full official phrase used in formal or legal contexts
Criminal Investigation Command
vsUnited States Army Criminal Investigation Command
4.8

The United States Army unit that investigates serious crimes involving soldiers worldwide

is the complete formal name including the country's designation

Surface Forms

Morphology

united + state + Army + criminal + investigation + command

The name is a literal, compositional description: combining 'United States' + 'Army' with 'Criminal Investigation' and 'Command' clearly denotes an Army organization that conducts criminal investigations. This is a non-idiomatic institutional name following standard noun-compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer its meaning.

Etymology

United States Army Criminal Investigation Command is the Army's own police team. The name shows its parts: United States Army for who they work for, Criminal Investigation, which means they find out about crimes, and Command, which shows they are a group sent to work anywhere. That's why the name means 'the Army service that investigates serious crimes'.