FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering

Synonyms:

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; FinCEN

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Financial Crimes Enforcement Network" is a kind of...):

law enforcement agency (an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws)

Holonyms ("Financial Crimes Enforcement Network" is a part of...):

Department of the Treasury; Treasury; Treasury Department; United States Treasury (the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789)

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