FBI

[ef-bee-ahy]

noun

U.S. Government.

1. Federal Bureau of Investigation: the federal agency charged with investigations for the Attorney General and with safeguarding national security.

FBI

abbreviation

1. Federal Bureau of Investigation; an agency of the Justice Department responsible for investigating violations of Federal laws

Example Sentences

The Atlanta Police Department said Tuesday that it had investigated the incident, then handed off victim and witness statements to the FBI.

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Among the stolen goods were six valuable watches, including one from the set of “John Wick” with an inscription on the back, according to the FBI.

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Jeffreys-Jones recalled J. Edgar Hoover’s assistant, Helen Gandy, spending weeks at his home destroying the famed FBI director’s personal file on the dirty secrets of America’s rich and powerful.

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When ProPublica sought comment from the FBI, the agency denied that Bongino or the other senior staff members failed polygraph tests.

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“However, the record points to a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps, missteps that led an FBI agent and a prosecutor to potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceeding,” Fitzpatrick wrote on Monday.

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