federal agent
Badge-carrying law enforcer
A federal agent is a law enforcement officer employed by a national government agency rather than state or local police.
In the United States, federal agents work for agencies like the FBI, DEA, ATF, or Secret Service, investigating crimes that cross state lines or fall under federal jurisdiction: Federal agents raided the warehouse at dawn.
The term sometimes carries connotations of serious criminal investigations or government overreach, depending on context.
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- deep coverProlonged covert infiltration
covert ops · investigation · surveillance · informant · crime scene · bust · warrant · handcuffs · stakeout · jurisdiction · Mulder · G-man · law enforcement · holster · interrogation · wiretap · classified · headquarters
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- Agentsspy, operative, CIA officer, intelligence officer, case officer
- crime fighterscop, detective, police officer, sheriff, investigator
- investigatorsdetective, investigator, inspector, sleuth, gumshoe
- justice workerspolice officer, detective, judge, prosecutor, defense attorney
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, police officer, cop
federal agentcounty sheriff
Elected local law enforcer
state trooper · state police · beat cop · meter maid · traffic cop
federal agentcriminal
Person who breaks laws
fugitive · outlaw · enemy of the state · mobster · drug lord
federal agentprivate citizen
civilian · ordinary citizen · layperson · bystander · member of the public
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