special agent

noun

: an agent who works for the FBI

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The person Holmgren identified as the special agent who provided information about his father’s role in the fire and his apparent cooperation with the bureau retired from the ATF and did not return a message seeking comment. Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2025 President Trump on Wednesday tapped Sean Curran, his special agent in charge, to be the next director of the U.S. Secret Service. April Rubin, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025 To honor Kolchak's part in The X-Files creation, Carter brought in McGavin in the late 1990s to guest star as Arthur Dales, a veteran FBI special agent who helped create The X-Files office at the bureau. Marc Berman, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 The girl was located days later with the man, identified as 27-year-old Liam Wallace, inside a semi-truck that was pulled over on the side of the road, in Kane County, Utah, on New Year’s Eve, a special agent with the FBI wrote in a criminal complaint filed Jan. 8. Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for special agent 

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special agent

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