MI5

[ em-ahy-fahyv ]

noun(in Great Britain)
  1. the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.

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Origin of MI5

1
M(ilitary)I(ntelligence, Section) 5

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British Dictionary definitions for MI5

MI5

abbreviation for
  1. Military Intelligence, section five; a former official and present-day popular name for the counterintelligence agency of the British Government

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