Cia.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Company.

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CIA ² American  

Or C.I.A.

abbreviation

1. Central Intelligence Agency: the U.S. federal agency that coordinates governmental intelligence activities outside the United States.

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CIA British  

abbreviation

1. Central Intelligence Agency; a federal US bureau created in 1947 to coordinate and conduct espionage and intelligence activities

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Etymology

Origin of Cia.

From the Spanish word Compañía

Example Sentences

Zubaydah was first captured by the US in Pakistan in 2002, before being held for four years at a series of CIA "black sites" in six countries, including Lithuania and Poland.

From BBC

He married his first wife, fellow CIA agent Nancy Segebarth, in 1969, before being sent to Turkey as a counterintelligence officer to recruit foreign agents.

From BBC

The existence of the CIA assessment was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

From Los Angeles Times

Late last year, the CIA cultivated a source within Maduro’s inner circle who provided information on his whereabouts, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is made up of the DGSE, which looks at matters overseas, and is the French equivalent of the UK's MI6 or the US's CIA.

From BBC