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Federal Bureau of Investigation

noun

  1. See FBI
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Federal Bureau of Investigation

  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.

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