special agent

noun

: an agent who works for the FBI

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Based on the decades-old TV series, Mission: Impossible revolves around special agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise), the sole survivor of a mission gone horribly wrong. Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025 By 1996, she was named a special agent in the department. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2025 Five years later, he was promoted to supervisory special agent and transferred to the Cyber Division at FBI headquarters. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025 When the Home Secretary is abducted in the largest deprived area, Paradis City, special agent Fredrika (Julia Ragnarsson) enlists Emir (Alexander Abdallah), an ex-MMA fighter facing life in prison, to find the politician. Annika Pham, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for special agent 

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special agent

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