Federal Bureau of Investigation

noun

See FBI
See FBI

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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