secret service

noun

1

: a governmental service of a secret nature

2

Secret Service : a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security chiefly in charge of stopping crimes against the nation's financial system and protecting the president and other national officials and visiting world leaders

Examples of secret service in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Brown stars as Xavier Collins, a secret service agent to the former President of the United States, Cal Bradford (James Marsden), who is entangled in a morass of intrigue when he is accused of killing his charge. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024

In it, Patrick portrayed a break-dancing secret service agent, per The New York Times. —Makena Gera, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024

Former President Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. —Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 15 July 2024

The Ukrainian secret service claimed that one of its recent attacks was aimed at a factory in Tatarstan, where the Russians were producing drones using Iranian technology. —Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Secret Service

noun

: a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security chiefly in charge of stopping crimes against the nation's financial system and protecting the president and other national and visiting world leaders