"inspectorate" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2023 November 15, Chris Howe, “East West Rail and the Cambridge connection”, in RAIL, number 996, page 57",
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      "_dis1": "28 36 36",
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      "sense": "a group of inspector(s)",
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      "word": "inspektorat"
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