Quantico
FBI training grounds
Quantico is a town in Virginia, home to a major Marine Corps base and the FBI Academy.
The name appears frequently in military and law enforcement contexts: She trained at Quantico, fresh out of Quantico.
The word has become shorthand for elite federal training, particularly for FBI agents.
Institution of learning
- agentsThose who act for others
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- counterterrorismCombating organized political violence
intelligence · undercover · forensics · surveillance · cybercrime · interrogation · espionage · bureau
Mid-sized settlement
- communityCollective of connected people
- historicOf lasting significance
- small-townLimited local outlook
- residentsPeople living somewhere
academy
Institution of learning
- agentsThose who act for others
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
counterterrorism · intelligence · undercover · forensics · surveillance · cybercrime · interrogation · espionage · bureau · criminalistics
town
Mid-sized settlement
- communityCollective of connected people
- historicOf lasting significance
- small-townLimited local outlook
base
Supporting bottom structure
regiment · brigade · armory · garrison · commander · troops · squadron · battalion · division · headquarters
- TV showsTV shows, sitcom, The Office, cartoon, Modern Family
- FBIFBI, agent, special agent, bureau, FBI Academy
- Military Sitesforts, military bases, fortresses, naval stations, air force bases
- Marine Baseboot camp, Camp Lejeune, drill instructor, mess hall, barracks life
- MarinesUSMC, marines, Marine Corps, leathernecks, Semper Fidelis
- military basesFort Bragg, Fort Hood, military base, Fort Benning, air force base
QuanticoHarvard
Prestigious Cambridge university
Yale · university campus · liberal arts college · Woodstock · Haight-Ashbury
Quanticocommune
Shared-living community
Woodstock · Burning Man · autonomous zone · free state · sanctuary city
QuanticoSinaloa
Mexican state, Pacific coast
Medellín · Tombstone · Dodge City · failed state · no-man's-land
- quantitative reasoningProblem-solving through numbers
- quantitative easingAsset purchases to boost economy
- quantitative verseMeter by syllable length
- quantitative meterRhythm by syllable length
- quantitative dataNumerically expressed information
- quantitative researchEmpirical study using numbers
quantify, quantitative, quantifiable, quantification, quantifying