BUREAU OF ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms mean? 

• BUREAU OF ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND FIREARMS (noun)
  The noun BUREAU OF ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND FIREARMS has 1 sense:

1. the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson

  Familiarity information: BUREAU OF ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND FIREARMS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUREAU OF ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND FIREARMS (noun)

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Meaning:

The law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

ATF; Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms

Hypernyms ("Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms" 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)