COMINT

or com·int

[ kom-int ]

/ ˈkɒmˌɪnt /

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noun

the gathering of political or military intelligence by interception of wire or radio communications.

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Compare ELINT, HUMINT, SIGINT.

Origin of COMINT

1965–70; com(munications)int(elligence)

Words nearby COMINT

coming or going, not know if one is, coming out, coming out of one's ears, comings and goings, “Coming Through the Rye”, COMINT, Comintern, comitative, comitia, comity, comity of nations