DEA
1 Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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The DEA is supporting the Bolivian government as it conducts "reliability" screens on anti-narcotics officers using polygraph lie detectors.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
He was handed to DEA agents, who flew him to the United States, where he will stand trial.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The nephews urged Haitian officials to call Caracas, since they were “important people,” the officials told Sandalio Gonzalez, the lead DEA agent on the case.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
“They literally fell head over heels flat into an ongoing operation that we had,” said Robert Zachariasiewicz, the supervising DEA agent who is now at corporate intelligence firm Elicius.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
During that same period, DEA antidrug spending grew from $86 to $1,026 million, and FBI antidrug allocations grew from $38 to $181 million.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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