UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does United States Marshals Service mean? 

• UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE (noun)
  The noun UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE has 1 sense:

1. the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system

  Familiarity information: UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Marshals; United States Marshals Service; US Marshals Service

Hypernyms ("United States Marshals Service" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("United States Marshals Service" 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)