MI6

American  

[em-ahy-siks] / ˈɛmˌaɪˈsɪks /

noun

1. the government's secret intelligence service.

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MI6 British  

abbreviation

1. Military Intelligence, section six; a former official and present-day popular name for the intelligence and espionage agency of the British Government

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Etymology

Origin of MI6

M(ilitary) I(ntelligence, Section) 6

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Example Sentences

Last week, families of Manchester Arena attack victims wrote to the prime minister urging him to ensure the so-called Hillsborough Law applied to individual employees of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.

From BBC

The Foreign Office, which oversees MI6, said it would not comment on intelligence matters.

From BBC

Internal MI6 messages show the agency considered his treatment would have "broken" 98% of US special forces soldiers if they had been subjected to it.

From BBC

The parliamentary committee also criticised MI5 and MI6 for their conduct in relation to the alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, raising the question of whether he could bring a similar legal claim.

From BBC

At the British embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, he was taken seriously by MI6, which was astounded by the wealth of information the former archivist had to offer.

From The Wall Street Journal