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BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse
Synonyms:
BJA; Bureau of Justice Assistance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Bureau of Justice Assistance" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Holonyms ("Bureau of Justice Assistance" is a part of...):
Department of Justice; DoJ; Justice; Justice Department (the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870)
