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

Russian morale also took a hit, as military bloggers bemoaned the careless lack of security and underestimation of Ukrainian secret services. —Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025

But when the Israeli secret service recruits Uri for a dangerous mission in Germany, he is forced to return home and infiltrate a cell of SS veterans with the aim of locating the Nazi war criminal, Mengele. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025

Revoking secret service for Ashley and Hunter Biden; Political move or cost cutting? —The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025

Simply knowing who is calling who is enough to give foreign secret services (or investment scammers) the ability to attack Americans in many different ways. —David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

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