DEA
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- proper noun
- /diː iː eɪ/
- US
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DEA
- The DEA coordinated with local law enforcement to dismantle a drug trafficking network.
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- DEA agent
- report to the DEA
He's now testifying not as this pristine DEA witness, but as a felon.
- He's now testifying not as this pristine DEA witness, but as a felon.
- He tried to break a deal with the DEA in Mexico City.
- I think, I think the DEA knows, but they're just not going to talk.
- ACI agent is the equivalent of a DEA informant.
- But we lost that battle because the DEA didn't have to take the recommendations of the judge.
- And he fell under, well, let's just say scrutiny by the DEA.
- And I think by that point, the war on drugs, the DEA, the Colombian authorities, they're sort of starting, starting to win aspects of that war.
- That's, that's, that's what I was told, OK, by the DEA, right, people?
- How many of you know that the DEA is trying to criminalize?
- The FDA and the DEA has approved these university research trials.
Examples
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The case was manufactured by the DEA for reasons that we now know.
Blog text (4) -
When did the DEA hand him over to us?
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Listen, we're part of a special forces team for the DEA,
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I'd rather have more DEA agents in the field than military forces in the field.
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The DEA just raided Key West.
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We were informed that the only information available to the public is on the DEA's website.
Academic text (2000) -
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has also assumed a growing role in the U.S. government's counterterrorism efforts.
Academic text (2008) -
We were pounced upon by the DEA in our home in Tampa, FL.
Blog text (4) -
After years of service, she joined the DEA to help combat the growing drug epidemic.
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The DEA monitors the importation of controlled substances to prevent illegal trafficking.
Synonyms
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A United States government agency that enforces laws about illegal drugs
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A United States agency that enforces laws about illegal drugs and arrests people who sell them
Surface Forms
Morphology
DEA = D + E + A
This is an acronym formed from initial letters; the letters themselves do not transparently convey the agency's meaning without knowing the full phrase.
Etymology
DEA is the short form of Drug Enforcement Administration, with drug showing its focus and enforcement meaning 'making people follow rules'. So, the DEA is the U.S. agency that finds and arrests people who break drug laws.