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SECURITY SERVICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
Synonyms:
MI; Military Intelligence Section 5; Security Service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Security Service" is a kind of...):
international intelligence agency (an intelligence agency outside the United States)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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