Crossword clues for inspectorate
inspectorate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inspectorate \In*spect"or*ate\, n. Inspectorship. [R.]
Wiktionary
n. 1 An organized collection of inspectors 2 The office of an inspector 3 The jurisdiction of an inspector
WordNet
n. a body of inspectors
Wikipedia
An Inspectorate or Inspectorate-General (or General Inspectorate) is a civil or military body charged with inspecting and reporting on some institution or institutions in its field of competence. Inspectorates cover a broad spectrum of organizations which vary in a number of terms, notably whether and to the degree to which they become involved in criminal investigations; the extent to which they achieve independence from the institutions being inspected; as well as the nature of their inspection regimes and reporting processes.
Inspectorates are commonplace in government; for example, in the United States, there are some 73 standard form Office of the Inspector Generals charged with examining the actions of a government agency, military organization, or military contractor as a general auditor of their operations and headed by an Inspector General. Inspectorates in various jurisdictions oversee civil activities such as mining and the nuclear industry. Many regulatory agencies incorporate inspectorate functions relating to markets and the companies operating in those markets.
Usage examples of "inspectorate".
It was the correct form of address for all officers of the Inspectorate, originally a watchdog agency over the bureaucracy, which over the centuries had grown to encompass all Imperial security functions, including external espionage.
Eric Dugdale, of the Safety Inspectorate, agreed with Fender the risk was too great to take any chances.
Eric Dugdale of the Safety Inspectorate was there with two members of his staff.
His right hand for this purpose is the inspectorate, a highly important department of our system.
However, in view of the nature of the situation, I am prepared to pay a bonus double the size of that promised by the UN inspectorate if you remain in place after completing their assignment and do as I request.
Wearing her arms inspectorate hat, she was all too familiar with the effects of americium bombs: nuclear weapons made with an isotope denser and more fissile than plutonium, more stable than californium.
And if the port Inspectorate does decide to give us a customs check we can just move them around the life-support capsules to keep them out of sight of their team.
The company inspectorate authority would swarm all over the lift capsule.
Wood and Isaacs worked for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, Bennet for the Nuclear Inspectorate, Aramphahal was a cryptography expert at GCHQ and Harrison was a DTI guy with rumoured links to MI6.
British Nuclear Fuels Limited, General Communications Headquarters, the Nuclear Inspectorate, the Department of Trade and Industry, and an agent - a sales rep for the end-user, Mr Archer called him - in Baghdad.