directorate
noun
di·rec·tor·ate də-ˈrek-t(ə-)rət 
dī-
1
: the office of director
2
a
: a board of directors (as of a corporation)
b
: membership on a board of directors
3
: an executive staff (as of a department)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In the meantime, the directorate is continuing to request that people stay away from the walrus. 
Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022 On July 5, India’s anti-money laundering agency, the enforcement directorate, froze all of the Chinese smartphone maker’s bank accounts in the country. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 July 2022 Andrii Yusov, spokesman for Ukraine’s chief directorate of military intelligence, told my colleagues that his agency would not comment on the incident. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 The intelligence directorate said the Russians had bused people into the power plant and mounted a Ukrainian flag on a gun on the outskirts of Enerhodar, the city where the plant is located. Susie Blann, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022 The intelligence directorate said the Russians had bused people into the power plant and mounted a Ukrainian flag on a gun on the outskirts of Enerhodar, the city where the plant is located. Susie Blann, ajc, 13 Aug. 2022 In a statement, Ukraine’s main intelligence directorate said that 95 defenders of the Azovstal steel factory, including 43 from the Azov regiment, had been released during the exchange. Michael Schwirtz, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 Others wondered why the directorate of criminal investigations never arrested the people behind the sale of government property. Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 12 July 2022 Matt Brannen, who heads up the Indo-Pacific directorate of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, or DPAA, the U.S. body tasked with finding the war missing. CBS News, 18 May 2022 See More
Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022 On July 5, India’s anti-money laundering agency, the enforcement directorate, froze all of the Chinese smartphone maker’s bank accounts in the country. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 July 2022 Andrii Yusov, spokesman for Ukraine’s chief directorate of military intelligence, told my colleagues that his agency would not comment on the incident. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 The intelligence directorate said the Russians had bused people into the power plant and mounted a Ukrainian flag on a gun on the outskirts of Enerhodar, the city where the plant is located. Susie Blann, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022 The intelligence directorate said the Russians had bused people into the power plant and mounted a Ukrainian flag on a gun on the outskirts of Enerhodar, the city where the plant is located. Susie Blann, ajc, 13 Aug. 2022 In a statement, Ukraine’s main intelligence directorate said that 95 defenders of the Azovstal steel factory, including 43 from the Azov regiment, had been released during the exchange. Michael Schwirtz, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 Others wondered why the directorate of criminal investigations never arrested the people behind the sale of government property. Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 12 July 2022 Matt Brannen, who heads up the Indo-Pacific directorate of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, or DPAA, the U.S. body tasked with finding the war missing. CBS News, 18 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Legal Definition
directorate
noun
di·rec·tor·ate də-ˈrek-tə-rət, dī-
1
: a board of directors (as of a corporation)
2
: membership on a board of directors