special agent

noun

: an agent who works for the FBI

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For more than 100 years, the second-in-command has been a veteran special agent from within the bureau, someone well versed in its inner workings. Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025 Joshua Jackson, the special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives New Orleans field office, told ABC News there will be covert and overt assets protecting those who visit and attend the game in New Orleans. Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025 Emails shared with this news organization indicate that after her exit from Thao’s team, Webb did arrange a meeting with a special agent in the FBI’s Oakland field office in early 2023. Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025 The senior officials are at the executive assistant director level or special agent in charge level and include those who oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations, the sources told CNN. Andrew Torgan, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for special agent

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special agent

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