Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

internal affairs

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-nal af-fairs
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A division of a law enforcement agency investigating incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force.

American usage; Uncountable

Usage

Derived Forms

IAB IAD IA

Synonyms

IAB IAD IA

Questions

What does internal affairs mean?
A division of a law enforcement agency investigating incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force.

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