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

Examples of secret service in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rest assured that the career assistant United States attorneys in North Carolina, the career FBI agents, the career secret service agents that investigated this case didn't just look at the Instagram post and walk away. —NBC news, 3 May 2026

The real dinner bucked with tradition, opting for a mentalist over a comedian — not that Oz Pearlman got very far into his act before the secret service foiled an attempt on the President’s life — so Kimmel picked up the skewering duties. —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026

Members of the White House Operations team, secret service, and the Department of Homeland Security will meet to discuss high-profile events the president is set to attend, including the World Cup and the nation’s 250th anniversary. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026

Is now a national security contributor here at CBS and AT Smith is a former deputy director of the secret service and now a CBS law enforcement analyst and joins us from Greenville, South Carolina. —CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for secret service

• interservice
• disservice
• preservice
• nervous
• nervus

Kids Definition

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