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HUMINT

American

[hyoo-mint, yoo-] / ˈhyu mɪnt, ˈyu- /

Or humint

noun

the gathering of political or military intelligence through secret agents.

humint British

/ ˈhjuːmɪnt /

noun

human intelligence: military intelligence gained from human sources with knowledge of the target area

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Etymology

Origin of HUMINT

1975–80; hum(an) int(elligence)

Example Sentences

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Once you get into HUMINT, SI, FISA, and OCORN, you get into really, really classified.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2022

In some cases, Psy-Group operatives conducted on-the-ground covert human-intelligence, or HUMINT, operations against their targets.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2019

What the CIA works on is human intelligence, called HUMINT.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2017

There’s “human intelligence,” or HUMINT, from sources and agents on the ground; there’s imagery and satellite intelligence, or GEOINT, by the bushelful.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2015

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