United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
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- proper noun
- The United States Army Criminal Investigation Command is responsible for investigating serious crimes involving Army personnel.
Examples
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After the theft was reported on base, the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command launched a thorough inquiry.
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Several agents of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command interviewed witnesses at the crime scene.
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The United States Army Criminal Investigation Command is investigating the case.
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Did the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command find any evidence?
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After the theft was reported on base, the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command launched a thorough inquiry.
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Several agents of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command interviewed witnesses at the crime scene.
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The United States Army Criminal Investigation Command is responsible for investigating serious crimes involving Army personnel.
Synonyms
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A part of the Army that investigates crimes involving soldiers worldwide
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The United States Army unit that investigates serious crimes involving soldiers worldwide
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'.