noun
the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
• Syn: ↑United States Secret Service, ↑US Secret Service, ↑USSS, ↑SS
• Hypernyms: ↑United States intelligence agency
• Part Holonyms: ↑Department of Homeland Security, ↑Homeland Security
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noun
1 the Secret Service : a U.S. government department in charge of protecting elected leaders of the U.S. and visiting leaders
2 [singular] : a government department that protects a country's secrets and obtains secret information about other countries
the British secret service
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a government department that is responsible for protecting its government's military and political secrets and for finding out the secrets of other governments
Useful english dictionary. 2012.