special agent

noun

: an agent who works for the FBI

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Scott Duffey spent 22 years in the FBI, including a decade hunting fugitives, before retiring as a supervisory special agent. Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025 Williams admitted to a special agent that one of the inmates advised him to turn the water off in the cell that the inmates later escaped from, according to the attorney general's office. Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025 New footage from raid on Sean 'Diddy' Combs' house 0:42 Gannon was the special agent in charge on the ground for the search of Combs’ Star Island home on March 25, 2024. Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 20 May 2025 Derek Mayer, the former Secret Service deputy special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Office, told ABC News that an investigation would likely include an interview of the subject who made the threat. Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 16 May 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 6 Jun. 2025.

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special agent

see agent

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