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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

1 the Secret Service : a U.S. government department in charge of protecting elected leaders of the U.S. and visiting leaders

2 [singular] : a government department that protects a country's secrets and obtains secret information about other countries

ˌsecret ˈservice [secret service] noun usually singular

a government department that is responsible for protecting its government's military and political secrets and for finding out the secrets of other governments