NCISn.
/ˈɛnsɪs/, U.S. /ˈɛnsɪs/ British.
The National Criminal Intelligence Service, an agency founded in 1992 to gather intelligence on serious and organized crime in Britain.
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NCIS1991
1991 Independent (Nexis) 7 May 3 Observers believe that once the NCIS is operating, the momentum for a fully independent, FBI-style body will be inevitable.
1998 Independent 12 Oct. 13/2 Mark Silver, of the NCIS drugs unit, said: ‘Mandrax is a serious problem in South Africa’.
2001 Birmingham Post (Electronic ed.) 10 Feb. The passport inquiry is to be carried out by the NCIS and follows cases in France, Spain and Italy where players have been found to hold EU passports to which they are not entitled.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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