单词 | intelligence department |
释义 | > as lemmasintelligence department intelligence department n. a department of a state organization or of a military or naval service whose purpose is to obtain information, esp. by means of secret service officers or spies. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police secret service1737 intelligence department1794 secret police1823 security service1918 S.S.1933 S.I.S.1939 intel1961 trade1966 1794 Britannic Mag. 2 425/1 Macleod of the intelligence department; and harcarrahs (native guides or spies) who had been within the enemy's lines, were sent both to these and the left column. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 573/1 The Intelligence Department [of the Army]..under a Deputy-Adjutant-General. 1928 W. S. Maugham Ashenden i. 2 The Colonel..was known in the Intelligence Department..by the letter R. 2008 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 22 June Our military and intelligence departments will become the next feast for the trial lawyers. < as lemmas |
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