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secret service en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A governmental agency that deals with espionage and other acts of secrecy.
   • True, we have people of the fifth column, and, unfortunately, the sixth column, with us; they have them in every country; but so far in this war the British diplomatic and secret service has not been so successful as that clever, astute brute-man Hitler and his agents. 1940 September 20, The Advertiser, Adelaide, page 24, column 4:
   • On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who's from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town ("twinned with Chernobyl"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services. 2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):

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Translations (38)

ja 諜報機関 (government organization) · da sikkerhedspoliti (government organization) · cmn 情報機關 /情报机关 (government organization) · nb sikkerhetstjeneste (government organization) · ru разве́дка (government organization) · vi mật vụ (government organization) · gl servizo secreto (government organization) · da hemmelig tjeneste (government organization) · af geheime diens (government organization) · de Geheimdienst (government organization) · he שֵׁרוּת חֲשָׁאִי (government organization) · es servicio secreto (government organization) · fr service secret (government organization) · sv säkerhetspolis (government organization) · it servizio segreto (government organization) · pt serviço secreto (government organization) · pl służby specjalne (government organization) · fi salainen palvelu (government organization) · eo sekreta servo (government organization) · ru спецслу́жба (government organization) · nl geheime dienst (government organization) · uz razvedka (government organization) · ru секре́тная слу́жба (government organization) · ro serviciu secret (government organization) · ca servei secret (government organization) · cmn 特工 (government organization) · de Nachrichtendienst (government organization) · ko 첩보 기관 (government organization) · tr gizli servis (government organization) · eu zerbitzu sekretu (government organization) · ru агенту́ра (government organization) · el μυστική υπηρεσία (government organization) · da efterretningstjeneste (government organization) · ar خِدْمَة سِرِّيَّة (government organization) · tk razwedka (government organization) · da sikkerhedstjeneste (government organization) · vi cơ quan mật vụ (government organization) · sv säkerhetstjänst (government organization)