noun
- a body of inspectors or the office or district of an inspector
Usage: formal; administrative
Examples
- The school inspectorate will visit next month to evaluate teaching standards.
- She works for the health inspectorate, monitoring food safety in restaurants.
- The inspectorate published its annual report on workplace safety violations.
- Local authorities established an inspectorate to oversee building regulations.
- The environmental inspectorate has the power to issue fines for pollution.
- He was appointed to head the new inspectorate for financial services.