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

Lamb’s duty to his country is to oversee a group of outcast UK secret service operatives sent out to pasture at a rickety outpost known as Slough House. —Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 18 July 2024

Grateful for the rapid and professional secret service response. —Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2024

Her infant child was cruelly snatched away from her, and Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested by the Iran Revolutionary Guard secret service. —Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 June 2024

On June 14, the Court Circular — the official record of past royal engagements — revealed that the Prince of Wales, 41, visited the secret service known as M16 the day prior. —Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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