: a large complex governmental agency especially when set up to supervise other agencies
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Recent Examples on the WebWorst of all, the bill would make the Federal Trade Commission a superagency by expanding its budget by $300 million along with the almost unlimited power to persecute American business with its vast menu of potential offenses. Robert H. Bork Jr., WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022 Former Senator John Edwards, Democrat of North Carolina, planned to introduce legislation that would have removed the bureau’s domestic intelligence arm and created a new kind of superagency akin to Britain’s MI 5. Noah Weiland, New York Times, 21 July 2019