Meanings
noundetailee (plural detailees)
plural detailees
- An employee of a United States government agency on assignment or loan.
In a letter highly-critical of government efforts to “secure” the nation’s critical infrastructure, Beckström said that NSA “effectively controls DHS cyber efforts through detailees [and] technology insertions.”
2010, Tom Burghardt, The “Cyberwar” Is Over and the National Security Agency Has Won
Origin
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APA
detailee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detailee
MLA
“detailee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detailee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detailee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detailee.
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