Federal Bureau of Investigation

British  

noun

1. See FBI

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Federal Bureau of Investigation Cultural  

1. An agency of the United States federal government, long headed by J. Edgar Hoover, which investigates violations of federal (rather than state or local) laws, including kidnaping, smuggling narcotics, and espionage.

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Established in 1908 under the Department of Justice, the FBI earned its reputation in the 1920s and 1930s by apprehending notorious bank robbers and gangsters.

Example Sentences

Last month, he demanded that ICE, the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation preserve all physical and digital evidence as potential discovery material in a civil lawsuit.

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That limits how many law-enforcement agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation could deploy it, people familiar with the matter said.

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U.S. officials said Homeland Security Investigations, an agency within DHS, is leading a probe into the shooting, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation serving in an assisting role.

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Ryan James Wedding, known in Mexican underworld circles as “Thor,” was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list with a $15 million bounty on his head.

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Local officials in Minnesota called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to bring in state law enforcement to run a joint investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent.

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