Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun us_border_patrol

1 sense of us border patrol

Sense 1
United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol -- (the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States)
       => agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority -- (an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority")