Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of intelligence agency.

More definitions
  • a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Every dictatorship needs a strong repressive intelligence service.

  2. The president's car arrived at the headquarters of the national intelligence service.

  3. The military intelligence service gathers, analyzes, and disseminates information critical to national security.

  4. People who work for an intelligence service usually learn many languages, but they have to keep a lot of secrets.

  5. Sami is being held by the Egyptian intelligence services.

Forms

plural: intelligence services

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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