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
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Her infant child was cruelly snatched away from her, and Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested by the Iran Revolutionary Guard secret service.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 June 2024
On June 14, the Court Circular — the official record of past royal engagements — revealed that the Prince of Wales, 41, visited the secret service known as M16 the day prior.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
Many outside Russia saw the deadly terrorist attack—the worst in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege—as a major failure of the country’s supposedly infallible secret services and a humiliation for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
—Tatiana Stanovaya, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2024
He was then reportedly lured to Rome by a female Israeli secret service agent in a honeytrap operation where he was kidnapped and repatriated to Israel.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 June 2024
On June 14, the Court Circular — the official record of past royal engagements — revealed that the Prince of Wales, 41, visited the secret service known as M16 the day prior.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
Many outside Russia saw the deadly terrorist attack—the worst in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege—as a major failure of the country’s supposedly infallible secret services and a humiliation for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
—Tatiana Stanovaya, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2024
He was then reportedly lured to Rome by a female Israeli secret service agent in a honeytrap operation where he was kidnapped and repatriated to Israel.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Secret service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20service. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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