Department of Justice

American  

noun

1. the department of the U.S. federal government charged with the responsibility for the enforcement of federal laws. DOJ

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Department of Justice Cultural  

1. A department of the federal executive branch, headed by the attorney general, which administers the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), prosecutes violations of federal law, and is responsible for enforcing all civil rights legislation.

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Example Sentences

She is now calling for the US Department of Justice to release all its remaining files on Epstein.

From BBC

Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, called Curtis a “nationally known conspiracy theorist.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Department of Justice did not respond to Salon’s request for comment.

From Salon

Millions of documents related to the various investigations of Epstein were released by the US Department of Justice, but some of the unredacted material failed to obscure the identity of his victims.

From BBC

“They failed to catch a $2.5 billion smuggling ring until the Department of Justice intervened.”

From MarketWatch