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secret service

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secret service
n.
1.
a. Intelligence-gathering activities conducted secretly by a government agency.
b. A government agency engaged in intelligence-gathering activities.
2. Secret Service A branch of the U.S. Treasury Department concerned especially with protection of the President.

secret service
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a government agency or department that conducts intelligence or counterintelligence operations
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) such operations

Secret Service
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a US government agency responsible for the protection of the president, the suppression of counterfeiting, and certain other police activities
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.secret serviceSecret Service - the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
United States intelligence agency - an intelligence service in the United States
Translations
Secret Service n (Am) the Secret Servicei servizi segreti
Secret Service n (Am) the Secret Servicei servizi segreti

secret service خدمة سرية tajná služba efterretningstjeneste Geheimdienst μυστική υπηρεσία servicio secreto salainen palvelu services secrets tajna služba servizi segreti 諜報機関 첩보부 geheime dienst sikkerhetstjeneste wywiad serviço secreto секретная служба underrättelsetjänst หน่วยสืบราชการลับ gizli servis cục tình báo 特勤局


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You and I, who control the secret service of the army, denounce certain men, upon no slight evidence, either, as spies, and we are laughed at
The day he first drifted into their crowded, busy rooms, they all suspected him of being a spy--one of the bought tools of the Diaz secret service.
They caused fellows of your sort to form a false conception of the nature of a secret service fund.
 
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