Meanings
- USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Federal Bureau of Investigation.
For a while, nearly every girl at school on whom I had a crush had a father in the FBI.
2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 361 more example
The FBI began publishing national quarterly crime reports last year, but has not done so for the first two quarters of 2021, stating that they require at least 60% of agencies to submit NIBRS data in order to publish quarterly data.
2021 September 27, Priya Krishnakumar, “Murders rose sharply in 2020 but data is lacking across much of the country”, in CNN - UKFederation of British Industry (1916–1965), forerunner of CBI (Confederation of British Industry).
- Australiaclimatologyfire behaviour index
- UShumorousFemale body inspector.
Groups of Heterosexuals gather in Daytona Beach to tan their normally pale skin, eat fried shrimp, and buy novelty T-shirts that say things like Don't talk to me until I've had my coffee! and FBI: Female Body Inspector.
2013, Jeffery Self, Straight People: A Spotter's Guide to the Fascinating World of Heterosexuals, Running Press, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic إِف بِي أَي
- إِف بِي أَي (ʔif bī ʔay)Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bulgarian ФБР
- ФБР (FBR)Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chinese Mandarin 聯邦調查局 /联邦调查局
- 聯邦調查局 /联邦调查局 (liánbāng diàochájú)Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dutch FBI
- FBIFederal Bureau of Investigation
French FBI
- FBIFederal Bureau of Investigation
German FBI
- FBIFederal Bureau of Investigation
Hindi एफ़ बी आई
- एफ़ बी आई (ef bī āī)Federal Bureau of Investigation
Indonesian FBI
- FBIFederal Bureau of Investigation
Japanese エフ・ビー・アイ, 連邦捜査局
- エフ・ビー・アイ (efu-bī-ai)Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 連邦捜査局 (renpō sōsakyoku)Federal Bureau of Investigation
Korean 연방수사국
- 연방수사국 (yeonbangsusaguk)Federal Bureau of Investigation
Persian افبیآی
- افبیآی (ef-bi-ây)Federal Bureau of Investigation
Portuguese FBI
- FBIFederal Bureau of Investigation
Romanian FBI
- FBIFederal Bureau of Investigation
Russian ФБР, Федера́льное бюро́ рассле́дований
- ФБР (FBR)Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Федера́льное бюро́ рассле́дований (Federálʹnoje bjuró rasslédovanij)Federal Bureau of Investigation
Spanish FBI
- FBIFederal Bureau of Investigation
Thai เอฟบีไอ
- เอฟบีไอFederal Bureau of Investigation
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Cite this entry
FBI. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FBI
“FBI.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FBI. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “FBI,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FBI.
Source: FBI on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.