DEA

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Initialism of Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Drug Enforcement AdministrationDrug Enforcement Agency
Less commonScrabble 4

Meanings

proper noun
  1. USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Drug Enforcement Administration.
    2 more examples

    And there were girls pettin' squirrels / And there were squirrels smokin' crack / With an old Navy Seal and the DEA / And a loaded automatic just to blow me all away / With a dog drinkin' liquor from a hole in the sky / And a picture of a pitcher throwin' pitches at a guy / He had a problem with his sister and her 3D cups / And a brother with a shovel just to shake it all up

    2001, “The Shame of Life”, in Weird Revolution, performed by Butthole Surfers, Hollywood Records

    When Trump announced Chronister as his pick Saturday, the president-elect said in a social media post: “As DEA Administrator, Chad will work with our great Attorney General, Pam Bondi, to secure the Border, stop the flow of Fentanyl, and other Illegal Drugs, across the Southern Border, and SAVE LIVES.”

    2024 December 3, Alejandra Jaramillo and Jack Forrest, “Trump’s pick for DEA administrator withdraws from consideration”, in CNN
nounDEA (countable and uncountable, plural DEAs)

plural DEAs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of diethanolamine.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of docosatetraenoylethanolamide.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfederal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations

Similar
Drug Enforcement AdministrationDrug Enforcement Agency
Broader
law enforcement agency

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French DEA, stups
  • DEADrug Enforcement Administration
  • stupsDrug Enforcement Administration
  • DEAdiethanolamine

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APA

DEA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DEA

MLA

“DEA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DEA. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “DEA,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DEA.

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