MI6

[em-ahy-siks]

noun

1. the government's secret intelligence service.

MI6

abbreviation

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of MI6¹

M(ilitary) I(ntelligence, Section) 6

Example Sentences

His typical building style was post-modernist, exuberant and playful, with his famous commissions including London's MI6 building and the headquarters for ITV's 1980s breakfast show TV-am, with giant breakfast eggcups perched on the roof.

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But arguably his most famous building was the MI6 headquarters next to Vauxhall Bridge in London, which has featured in several James Bond films.

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MI6 is launching its own dedicated portal on the dark web in the hope of attracting new spies online, notably from Russia.

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The announcement is expected to be confirmed in a speech in Istanbul by the outgoing MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore on Friday morning.

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Instructions on how to use the portal will be publicly available on MI6's verified YouTube channel.

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