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US SECRET SERVICE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Secret Service; SS; United States Secret Service; US Secret Service; USSS
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("US Secret Service" is a kind of...):
United States intelligence agency (an intelligence service in the United States)
Holonyms ("US Secret Service" is a part of...):
Department of Homeland Security; Homeland Security (the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security)