SHIN BET

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency

Example:

the Shin Bet also handles overall security for Israel's national airline

Synonyms:

General Security Services; Shin Bet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Shin Bet" is a kind of...):

international intelligence agency (an intelligence agency outside the United States)

Domain region:

Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)