local department

Other forms: local departments

Definitions of local department
  1. noun
    a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government
    synonyms: department of local government
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    corrections, department of corrections
    the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
    fire department
    the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires
    police department
    the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime
    sanitation department
    the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage
    fire brigade
    British name for a fire department
    type of:
    government department
    a department of government
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