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committee: a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle; a self-constituted organization to promote something

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steering committee collapse: a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body

directorate collapse: a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution

executive collapse: persons who administer the law; a person responsible for the administration of a business; having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.; "the executive branch"

cabinet collapse: a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display; housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television; a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock; persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

teach in collapse

cadre collapse: a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion

sit in collapse: participate in an act of civil disobedience; attend as a visitor; "Can I sit in on your Intermediate Hittite class?"

council collapse: a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"; a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"; (Christianity) an assembly or theologians and bishops and other representative of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine

quorum collapse: a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

Scotland Yard collapse: the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London

Mounties collapse

military police collapse: a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners

law enforcement agency collapse: an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws

Gestapo collapse: the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods

vigilantes collapse

logrolling collapse: act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects

autopsy collapse: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease; perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem

medical examiner collapse

coroner collapse: a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes

constabulary collapse

postmortem collapse: discussion of an event after it has occurred; occurring or done after death; "postmortem changes"; "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death"; "postmortal wounds"; after death or after an event; "a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of the President's TV address"

picketing collapse

soiree collapse: a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)

top brass collapse: the most important persons in a governing body

roll call collapse: calling out an official list of names

inquest collapse: an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death

at home collapse: a reception held in your own home; at, to, or toward the place where you reside; "he worked at home"; on the home team's field; "they played at home last night"

secret police collapse: a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition)

directory collapse: an alphabetical list of names and addresses; (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

fete collapse: an elaborate party (often outdoors)

demurrer collapse: (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings

filing collapse: preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do"; the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object); the entering of a legal document into the public record; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return"; a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file

housewarming collapse: a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home

talkathon collapse

administration collapse: the act of administering medication; a method of tending to (especially business) matters; the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

Interpol collapse: an international intelligence agency permitting collaboration among intelligence agencies around the world

compunction collapse: a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

colloquium collapse: an address to an academic meeting or seminar; an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting

seance collapse: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

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