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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

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

The intelligence office wouldn’t say this past week when the full document will be out.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2021

Less than an hour afterward the Big Boss ordered the outfit to tune in ultrophones on three-twenty-three to pick up a translated broadcast of the Han intelligence office in Nu-yok from the Susquanna station.

From Armageddon—2419 A.D. by Nowlan, Philip Francis