us marshals service

Noun
  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 (synset 108159370)
    is a type of: law enforcement agency - an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws
    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
    same as: marshals, united states marshals service

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