united states marshals service

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united states marshals service - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  United States Marshals Service
      n 1: the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is
           responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and
           transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal
           witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and
           generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal
           judicial system [syn: United States Marshals Service, US Marshals Service
           , Marshals]