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DEA

1 American  
  1. Drug Enforcement Administration.


Dea. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Deacon.


Example Sentences

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He was handed to DEA agents, who flew him to the United States, where he will stand trial.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

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

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

They were in fact a father-son team of DEA informants wearing hidden tape recorders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

In fact, Flores was an alleged crime lord in her own right, pursued for years by DEA units overseen by federal prosecutors in New York and Florida.

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