HUMINT
or hu·mint
[ hyoo-mint or, often, yoo- ]
/ ˈhyu mɪnt or, often, ˈyu- /
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noun
the gathering of political or military intelligence through secret agents.
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Origin of HUMINT
1975–80; hum(an)int(elligence)
Words nearby HUMINT
humiliated, humiliating, humiliation, humilis, humility, HUMINT, Humism, humiture, hummable, hummel, hummer
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How to use HUMINT in a sentence
HUMINT will be utilized to collect personal schedules of targets.
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British Dictionary definitions for HUMINT
humint
/ (ˈhjuːmɪnt) /
noun
human intelligence: military intelligence gained from human sources with knowledge of the target area
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