special agent

noun

: an agent who works for the FBI

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Tom Petrowski, a former supervisory special agent and legal counsel with the FBI who led the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Dallas, is one of several former federal law enforcement officials who called for the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation into Samidoun. Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024 Ramón Rodríguez stars as Trent, a special agent for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Joe Otterson, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024 Colt had made a shrine to school shootings, which included at least one photo of the Parkland, Florida, shooter, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigation special agent Kelsey Ward. Devon M. Sayers, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024 According to court records, Beach helped Barnett secure his current job in the FBI Louisville Field Office after being asked for a recommendation by the special agent in charge, James Robert Brown. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for special agent 

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“Special agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20agent. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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special agent

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