UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States

Synonyms:

United States Border Patrol; US Border Patrol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("United States Border Patrol" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("United States Border Patrol" is a part of...):

Immigration and Naturalization Service; INS (an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States)

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