'INS' definitions:
Definition of 'INS'
(from WordNet)
noun
An agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States [syn: Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS]
Synonyms of 'ins'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bureaucracy,
- directorate,
- hierarchy,
- higher echelons,
- higher-ups,
- holdover,
- incumbent,
- jack-in-office,
- lame duck,
- management,
- ministry,
- new broom,
- office-bearer,
- officeholder,
- officialdom,
- prelacy,
- president-elect,
- public official,
- public servant,
- ruling class,
- ruling classes,
- the administration,
- the authorities,
- the Establishment,
- the ingroup,
- the interests,
- the people upstairs,
- the power elite,
- the power structure,
- the top,
- them,
- they,
- top brass