special agent

noun

: an agent who works for the FBI

Examples of special agent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So began a 20-year career as a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security, a job that took Hill across the US, to Venezuela and the Caribbean. — Dana Oneil, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026

Fitzpatrick is a former FBI special agent and federal prosecutor who was elected to Congress in 2016. — Dan Snyder, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Nearly 700 pieces of the recovered mail concerned a local race between two candidates, an Office of Inspector General special agent wrote in an affidavit attached to the criminal complaint. — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026

The exception is Jagannathan’s territorial FBI special agent Alexandra Quinn, unimpressed by Jonah’s ability to recognize a mote of Pittsburgh slag cement in Michael’s hair, or to tell a sliver of Table Mountain pine from any other sliver of pine. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for special agent

• newsagent
• reagent
• subagent

Legal Definition

special agent

see also:

agent