special agent

noun

: an agent who works for the FBI

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Blood from the victim, asleep at the time and unprepared for the vicious assault, splashed onto the sleeves of the suspect’s lime green windbreaker, an FBI special agent claimed in an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 Formerly the technical analysis lead for computer and network intrusion in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division and a special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, CJ Moses is now the chief information security officer at Amazon. Davey Winder, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 Fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and other powerful opioids are contributing to high numbers of overdoses across the country, said Stephen Belleau, acting special agent in charge of the DEA's New England field division. CBS News, 24 Sep. 2024 Harmon played Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a former Marine Corps sniper turned special agent and team commander for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), from 2003 to 2021. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for special agent 

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special agent

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