ALL meanings of secret service
se·cret serv·ice
S s - noun secret service the branch of governmental service that conducts secret investigations, especially investigations into the military strength of other nations. 1
- noun secret service (initial capital letters) the branch of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged chiefly with the discovery and apprehension of counterfeiters and with providing protection for the president and the president's immediate family. 1
- noun secret service secret work for a government, especially espionage. 1
- noun secret service government intelligence agency 1
- countable noun secret service A country's secret service is a secret government department whose job is to find out enemy secrets and to prevent its own government's secrets from being discovered. 0
- countable noun secret service The secret service is the government department in the United States which protects the president. 0
- noun secret service a government agency or department that conducts intelligence or counterintelligence operations 0
- noun secret service such operations 0
- noun secret service a US government agency responsible for the protection of the president, the suppression of counterfeiting, and certain other police activities 0
- noun secret service a government service organized to carry on secret investigation 0
- noun secret service a division of the U.S. Treasury Department concerned with the discovery and arrest of counterfeiters, protection of the President, etc. 0