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secret service

noun

  1. the branch of governmental service that conducts secret investigations, especially investigations into the military strength of other nations.
  2. (initial capital letters) the branch of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged chiefly with the discovery and apprehension of counterfeiters and with providing protection for the president and the president's immediate family.
  3. secret work for a government, especially espionage.


Secret Service

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noun

  1. a US government agency responsible for the protection of the president, the suppression of counterfeiting, and certain other police activities
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secret service

2

noun

  1. a government agency or department that conducts intelligence or counterintelligence operations
  2. such operations
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Secret Service

  1. A division of the United States Department of the Treasury , responsible for apprehending counterfeiters; investigating a variety of federal crimes; and protecting presidents and their families, presidential candidates, and foreign dignitaries visiting the United States.
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Other Word Forms

  • c-i adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of secret service1

First recorded in 1730–40
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The president and his appointees have attacked these people by firing them, stripping them of Secret Service protection and security clearances, ordering federal investigations against them and even threatening criminal prosecution.

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And on Sunday the US Secret Service said it apprehended an alleged co-conspirator in Miami.

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Like other cabinet officials, Noem receives a Secret Service protection detail.

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Montecino-Sanzanaat was arrested in a Miami drug store, authorities said, and Secret Service officials said he was connected to "a pattern of robberies and thefts" in Washington.

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The FSB secret service said they had apprehended "Ukrainian special services agent Ignat Kuzi" who had "planted explosives in a Volkswagen Golf" to kill Gen Yaroslav Moskalik.

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