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DEA

1 American  
  1. Drug Enforcement Administration.


Dea. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Deacon.


Example Sentences

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

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

Among them were two nephews the DEA would later detain: Efraín Campo Flores and Franqui Flores de Freitas, both raised by Flores after one of her sisters died.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

In September 2023, the DEA asked Selma to meet Kassis in Istanbul with two money launderers and another Colombian asset posing as an arms inspector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Though charges were dropped against him within seventy-two hours, the DEA refused to return his Learjet.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander