UNITED STATES POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does United States Postal Inspection Service mean? 

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

1. the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNITED STATES POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

United States Postal Inspection Service; US Postal Inspection Service

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

independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)

Holonyms ("United States Postal Inspection Service" is a part of...):

United States Postal Service; US Postal Service; USPS (an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States)