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MI5

abbreviation for

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Military Intelligence, section five; a former official and present-day popular name for the counterintelligence agency of the British Government

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MI5 [ˌɛmaɪˈfaɪv] n abbr (British) (=Military Intelligence 5) → DST f

MI5 (Brit) abbr of Military Intelligence, section 5 → MI5 m, Spionageabwehrdienst der britischen Regierung

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MI5 (redirected from British Security Service)

MI5
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