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Noun
S: (n) law, jurisprudence (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
S: (n) law (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity) "there is a law against kidnapping"
S: (n) law, natural law (a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society)
S: (n) law, law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature) "the laws of thermodynamics"
S: (n) jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy (the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do)
S: (n) law, practice of law (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system) "he studied law at Yale"
S: (n) Mutawa'een, Mutawa (religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded)
S: (n) secret police (a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition))
S: (n) Gestapo (the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods)
S: (n) Schutzstaffel, SS (special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps)
S: (n) rank and file, rank (the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)) "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"
S: (n) staff (personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task) "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"
S: (n) Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, ATF (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)
S: (n) Criminal Investigation Command, CID (the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world)
S: (n) Federal Bureau of Prisons, BoP (the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes)
S: (n) Federal Judiciary (the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws)
S: (n) United States Marshals Service, US Marshals Service, Marshals (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)