united states border patrol

1. 1.

   the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States

   SynonymsUS Border Patrol

   Broaderagency

   Part ofImmigration and Naturalization Service

Questions about united states border patrol

What does united states border patrol mean?

united states border patrol means "the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States".

What is another word for united states border patrol?

Close synonyms include US Border Patrol. 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 united states border patrol a common word?

united states border patrol is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.