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SHIN BET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
