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DEA

1 American  

  1. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Dea. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Deacon.

Example Sentences

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“The DEA doesn’t have a choice. They have to reschedule it in three months. So that’s already pretty fast.”

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

"We are investigating with the DEA, we are exchanging information."

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

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

But an undercover DEA investigation targeting Honduras’s government, led by the agency’s elite Special Operations Division, unexpectedly ensnared the nephews.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The DEA launched Operation Pipeline in 1984 as part of the Reagan administration’s rollout of the War on Drugs.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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