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RELATED WORD : ins and outs

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ins has 1 sense

• ins(n = noun.group) immigration and naturalization service - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States; Array
is a part of department of homeland security, homeland security
has parts: united states border patrol, us border patrol
is a kind of agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office

THESAURUS

ins

bureaucracy, directorate, hierarchy, higher echelons, higher-ups, holdover, incumbent, jack-in-office, lame duck, management, ministry, new broom, office-bearer, officeholder, officialdom, prelacy, president-elect, public official, public servant, ruling class, ruling classes, the Establishment, the administration, the authorities, the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite, the power structure, the top, them, they, top brass

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