directorate
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- n a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
- During the Andropov era, the KGB's foreign directorate moved out of the Dzerzhinsky Square headquarters to a large, modern, half-moon-shaped office building on the Moscow Ring Road.
- Bassett knew Foggo from the days when both served in the CIA's directorate of operations, according to one official.
- In the Karrada neighborhood, where the research directorate is located, residents said the scale of the kidnapping suggested collusion perhaps even participation by real .