special agent

noun

: an agent who works for the FBI

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Curran joined the Secret Service in 2001 as a special agent in the agency’s Newark field office. Brett Samuels, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025 Curran first joined the agency in September 2001, and was promoted to deputy special agent in charge of the Presidential Protective Detail on Dec. 29. Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2025 Prior to being appointed as acting director, Driscoll most recently served as the special agent in charge of the Newark Field Office. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025 Maltz retired from the DEA in 2014 after serving as special agent in charge of its Special Operations Division (SOD), a multi-agency nerve center in Chantilly, Virginia that coordinates U.S. international drug- and crime-fighting efforts. Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025 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 2 Feb. 2025.

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special agent

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