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
"We are investigating with the DEA, we are exchanging information."
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
When DEA agents flew Nicolás Maduro to New York to face narcoterrorism charges, beside him was his wife, Cilia Flores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
She said she never received the large sum of money from Epstein cited in the memo and was never contacted by the DEA.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 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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