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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By the late 1950s, Israel's Mossad was actively tracking fugitive Nazi war criminals, and Zala suspects they may have been in touch with the Swiss.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Amir Ali Mirjafari was accused of setting fire to the Gholhak Grand Mosque and also of working with the Israeli espionage agency Mossad, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
The Journal reviewed the contents of one call between a senior Iranian police commander and an agent of the Mossad, Israel’s foreign-intelligence service.
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
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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