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

Bongino, the president's latest pick to help lead the FBI, previously served as a secret service agent for Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. —Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025

De Armas previously praised the Mission Impossible star while chatting with USA Today about doing her own stunts with Chris Evans in the film Ghosted, which follows a man who falls in love with a secret service agent. —Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025

Brown plays a secret service agent who protects the president, played by Marsden. —Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025

On the action thriller series based on Matthew Quirk’s novel, Evans-Akingbola plays secret service agent Chelsea Arrington, with Horton as Governor Richard Hagan, and Jones as Deputy Director Aiden Mosely. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for secret service

• interservice
• disservice
• preservice
• nervous
• nervus

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