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The embezzlement arrest comes as the agency is already reeling from state budget cuts, which have topped $22 million since July.

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  1. noun The condition of being in action; operation.
  2. noun The means or mode of acting; instrumentality.
  3. noun A business or service authorized to act for others: an employment agency.
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  • Lately, it seemed like the agency was also specializing in tracking down kids from MIT. —  BringingDowntheHouse
  • Lawyers working for the agency are alleging 11 breaches of the radioactive waste disposal laws by Magnox Electric Ltd, which was originally part of the old Central Electricity Generating Board. —  Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed
  • This agency has been around way too long and helped alot of boys it's very sad to hear of it's closing. —  News from www.rep-am.com
  • Unless the agency is absolutely neutral the purpose will be defeated.
  • She says the agency is also encouraging taxpayers to try electronic filing this year. —  Local Headlines - NewsChannel 8
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  1. Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agēns, agent-, present participle of agere, to do; see agent.

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  1. = French agence, from Middle Latin agentia, from Latin agen(t-)s, present participle of agere, act: see agent.
 

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