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US BORDER PATROL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States
Synonyms:
United States Border Patrol; US Border Patrol
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("US Border Patrol" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("US Border Patrol" is a part of...):
Immigration and Naturalization Service; INS (an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States)
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