CIA

or C.I.A.

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

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Definition for cia (2 of 2)

Cia.

Company.

Origin of Cia.

From the Spanish word Compañía

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Example sentences from the Web for cia

Not actual CIA agents, but U.S. government personnel who have worked very closely with the CIA, and who are fans of the show.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They say it's frightening how the real CIA is perceived to be as clueless as Archer Co.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Why would the CIA work to overthrow the Ukrainian government?
Oliver Stone’s Latest Dictator Suckup|James Kirchick|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise.
Oliver Stone’s Latest Dictator Suckup|James Kirchick|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

President Rhee resigned soon thereafter and was secreted out of the country to Hawaii by the American CIA.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Official people have a lot of confidence in CIA; too much, in my estimation.
One-Shot|James Benjamin Blish
I think his mother mentioned the CIA; she has made these statements publicly for money, apparently.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Embryot′omy, the division of a fetus to effect delivery; Embryul′cia, forcible extraction of a fetus.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
The child, after playing with it some time brought it to Mar'cia, who was instantly alarmed at the contents.
Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome|Oliver Goldsmith
Do you know whether or not he was acting as an agent for the CIA at any time?
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for cia

CIA

abbreviation for

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

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