nij

1. 1.

   the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice

   SynonymsNational Institute of Justice

   Broaderlaw enforcement agency

   Part ofDepartment of Justice

Other forms of nij

plural

nijs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nij

What does nij mean?

nij means "the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice".

How many syllables are in nij?

nij has 1 syllable: nij.

What is another word for nij?

Close synonyms include National Institute of Justice. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nij a common word?

nij is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.