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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Vance did not address numerous recent reports that Russian secret services are meddling in Hungary’s election to tip it in Orbán’s favor.
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Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Like every guide with the foreign tour operator Intourist, she was vaguely affiliated with the secret services (KGB) and so filled out reports about her interactions with foreigners that no one read.
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There’s this secret service agent who accidentally shot himself.
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The Polish secret services haven't yet publicly identified an alleged culprit.
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Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Like every guide with the foreign tour operator Intourist, she was vaguely affiliated with the secret services (KGB) and so filled out reports about her interactions with foreigners that no one read.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
There’s this secret service agent who accidentally shot himself.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2026
The Polish secret services haven't yet publicly identified an alleged culprit.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Secret service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20service. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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