special agent

noun

: an agent who works for the FBI

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The name of the special agent who was shot hasn’t been released. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026 Rogers met with Alan Hershkowitz, a special agent at the Office of Inspector General responsible for criminal investigations, for a voluntary meeting that stretched to 2½ hours. — Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Wheat wrote that a custodian of records from Logan’s office must either appear before the grand jury to present the records or deliver the materials to a special agent from Homeland Security Investigations. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Joseph Wilhelm, a special agent at Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, went on to testify about data extracted from 12 devices during the investigation, including Flynn’s iPhone, WLWT reported. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 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 5 Oct. 2026.

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