Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun department_of_justice
1 sense of department of justice
Sense 1
Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ -- (the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870)
=> executive department -- (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)