CIA

¹ 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. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Company.

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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

Within Sheinbaum’s security cabinet, there was alarm that the CIA was working directly with state officials without the agency notifying its Mexican counterparts, people familiar with the group’s deliberations said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The CIA declined to comment or identify the men, as did the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

A former CIA officer who flipped a swing House district in northern Virginia twice, Spanberger has now been governor of the commonwealth for roughly four months.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

The field marshal, acting on CIA intelligence, handed over the alleged mastermind behind the 2021 Kabul airport bombing when Americans were evacuating from Afghanistan.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

When I got older, she said Dad was a spy who worked for the CIA and that’s why he couldn’t come home.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko