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secret service

 
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–noun
1. the branch of governmental service that conducts secret investigations, esp. investigations into the military strength of other nations.
2. (initial capital letters) the branch of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged chiefly with the discovery and apprehension of counterfeiters and with providing protection for the president and the president's immediate family.
3. secret work for a government, esp. espionage.
Origin:
1730–40

Related forms:
secret-service, adjective
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secret service  
n.  

    1. Intelligence-gathering activities conducted secretly by a government agency.

    2. A government agency engaged in intelligence-gathering activities.

  2. Secret Service A branch of the U.S. Treasury Department concerned especially with protection of the President.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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