| 单词 | special branch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSpecial Branch Special Branch n. (esp. in the United Kingdom and Ireland) a police unit which deals with matters relating to national and political security. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police > British Special Branch1883 security service1918 MI5?1921 MI6?1921 firm1952 the Circus1963 S.B.1964 six1969 1883 Standard 1 Oct. 3/3 The other District Inspector will be at the head of the secret branch, and will be designated as ‘District Inspector—Crime, Special Branch’. 1894 J. G. Littlechild Reminisc. i. 8 The later years of my service at Scotland Yard were spent in connection with the ‘special’ branch of the Criminal Investigation Department. 1936 ‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death ix. 159 Scotland Yard had got into touch with the Special Branch in Dublin. 1962 Listener 15 Mar. 459/2 Warrants of this kind would be normally executed by special branch officers acting under the directions of the Director of Public Prosecutions. 1982 Listener 16 Dec. 4/1 It is held by those in Special Branch that contact with Security Service is already so close that SB ought to take over primary responsibility for counter-espionage. 2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) xiii. 189 Special Branch have a number of addresses in London where they protect VIPs under threat of terrorism, or informers changing their identities. < as lemmas |
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