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

Was Marlowe acting on Her Majesty’s secret service? —Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

The military was deployed to guard the palace on top of the usual secret service detail. —CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025

The state requested to continue the case, scheduled for a jury trial Monday, on another date due to the absence of several witnesses, including two special agents for the U.S. Secret Service and a former secret service agent now working with the IRS Southeastern District Analysis. —Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025

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

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