Mossad
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Mossad
C20: Hebrew Mosad LeModi'in U-LeTafkidim Miyuhadim establishment for information and special tasks
Example Sentences
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“I called to warn you in advance that you should stand with your people’s side,” the Mossad agent said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Agents with Israel’s foreign-intelligence service, the Mossad, are calling Iranian regime members and threatening them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Last month, Lebanese authorities charged four people with kidnapping Ahmad Shukr -- whose brother Hassan is suspected of involvement in Arad's capture -- on behalf of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Those officials had been tracked over months by the CIA and Mossad, amongst others.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
With his network of intelligence contacts from Scotland Yard, Le Surite, and the Mossad, he had access to the kind of information that terrorists pay for dearly .
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
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