secret servicenoun [ S ]
uk/ˌsiː.krət ˈsɜː.vɪs/us/ˌsiː.krət ˈsɝː.vɪs/a government organization that is responsible for things such as the safety of important politicians and for preventing secret information being discovered by possible enemy countries:
The press reported that he was paid more than $700,000 by the British Secret Service for sharing classified information.
in the US, an organization that is responsible for protecting important politicians:
The Secret Service has a responsibility to protect the President from harm.
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International relations: spying and espionage
- agent
- agent provocateur
- counter-espionage
- counterintelligence
- deep state
- intelligence
- MI5
- MI6
- on the inside idiom
- operative
- phone tapping
- scout
- spook
- spy
- spy on sb/sth
- tail
- tap
- the CIA
- wired up
- wiretap
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