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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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 Flashback: In 2014, just 43% of respondents rated the secret service as excellent or good after a series of security lapses, including an intruder who jumped the White House fence and entered the building. Noah Bressner, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024 People from the secret services, people who were adept at using the official Russian Orthodox church as a tool for returning to very archaic times. Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for secret service 

Word History

First Known Use

1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of secret service was in 1706

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“Secret service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20service. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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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
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