"secret service" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: secret services [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} secret service (plural secret services)
  1. A governmental agency that deals with espionage and other acts of secrecy. Wikipedia link: secret service Categories (topical): Espionage Translations (government organization): geheime diens (Afrikaans), zerbitzu sekretu (Basque), servei secret [masculine] (Catalan), 特工 (tègōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 情報機關 (Chinese Mandarin), 情报机关 (qíngbào jīguān) (Chinese Mandarin), sikkerhedspoliti [neuter] (Danish), hemmelig tjeneste [common-gender] (Danish), efterretningstjeneste [common-gender] (Danish), sikkerhedstjeneste [common-gender] (Danish), geheime dienst [masculine] (Dutch), sekreta servo (Esperanto), salainen palvelu (Finnish), service secret [masculine] (French), servizo secreto [masculine] (Galician), Geheimdienst [masculine] (German), Nachrichtendienst [masculine] (German), μυστική υπηρεσία (mystikí ypiresía) [feminine] (Greek), servizio segreto [masculine] (Italian), 諜報機関 (chōhō kikan) (alt: ちょうほうきかん) (Japanese), sikkerhetstjeneste [masculine] (Norwegian), służby specjalne [feminine, plural] (Polish), serviço secreto [masculine] (Portuguese), serviciu secret [neuter] (Romanian), секре́тная слу́жба (sekrétnaja slúžba) [feminine] (Russian), агенту́ра (agentúra) [feminine] (Russian), спецслу́жба (specslúžba) [feminine] (Russian), разве́дка (razvédka) [feminine] (Russian), servicio secreto [masculine] (Spanish), säkerhetspolis [common-gender] (Swedish), säkerhetstjänst [common-gender] (Swedish), gizli servis (Turkish), razwedka (Turkmen), razvedka (Uzbek)

Inflected forms

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