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intelligence office

American  

noun

  1. intelligence agency.

  2. Obsolete. an employment agency for the placement of domestic help.


Etymology

Origin of intelligence office

First recorded in 1685–95

Example Sentences

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The State Department closed an intelligence office that worked with private-sector experts and another that was responsible for downgrading intelligence for sharing with allies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Committee members said the intelligence office had not provided a preliminary assessment of the risk to national security posed by the unsecured documents.

From Washington Times • Mar. 8, 2023

His job is to protect those values and the constitution they’re enshrined in, literally: He runs the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, as the domestic intelligence office is known in Germany.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022

Three of the sources said the PUK was looking for sensitive documents Amin had taken from its intelligence office and weapons.

From Reuters • Dec. 5, 2022

This central intelligence office is one open to all mankind to make and record their various applications.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various