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A governmental agency that deals with espionage and other acts of secrecy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: United States Secret Service, US Secret Service, USSS, SS
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: United States intelligence agency
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
geheime diens
— government organization
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Arabic:
خِدْمَة سِرِّيَّة
(ḵidma sirriyya)
— government organization
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Basque:
zerbitzu sekretu
— government organization
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Catalan:
servei secret
— government organization
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Chinese Mandarin:
特工
(tègōng)
— government organization
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Chinese Mandarin:
情報機關 /情报机关
(qíngbào jīguān)
— government organization
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Danish:
sikkerhedspoliti
— government organization
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Danish:
hemmelig tjeneste
— government organization
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Danish:
efterretningstjeneste
— government organization
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Danish:
sikkerhedstjeneste
— government organization
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Dutch:
geheime dienst
— government organization
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Esperanto:
sekreta servo
— government organization
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Finnish:
salainen palvelu
— government organization
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French:
service secret
— government organization
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Galician:
servizo secreto
— government organization
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German:
Geheimdienst
— government organization
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German:
Nachrichtendienst
— government organization
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Greek:
μυστική υπηρεσία
(mystikí ypiresía)
— government organization
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Hebrew:
שֵׁרוּת חֲשָׁאִי
— government organization
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Italian:
servizio segreto
— government organization
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Japanese:
諜報機関
(chōhō kikan)
— government organization
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Korean:
첩보 기관
(cheopbo gigwan)
— government organization
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sikkerhetstjeneste
— government organization
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Polish:
służby specjalne
— government organization
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Portuguese:
serviço secreto
— government organization
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Romanian:
serviciu secret
— government organization
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Russian:
секре́тная слу́жба
(sekrétnaja slúžba)
— government organization
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Russian:
агенту́ра
(agentúra)
— government organization
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Russian:
спецслу́жба
(specslúžba)
— government organization
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Russian:
разве́дка
(razvédka)
— government organization
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Spanish:
servicio secreto
— government organization
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Swedish:
säkerhetspolis
— government organization
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Swedish:
säkerhetstjänst
— government organization
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Turkish:
gizli servis
— government organization
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Turkmen:
razwedka
— government organization
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Uzbek:
razvedka
— government organization
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Vietnamese:
cơ quan mật vụ
— government organization
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Vietnamese:
mật vụ
— government organization
