the CIA
noun[+ sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌsiː.aɪˈeɪ/us/ˌsiː.aɪˈeɪ/abbreviationfortheCentralIntelligence Agency: a USgovernmentorganizationthatsecretlycollectsinformationabout othercountries
(美国)中央情报局(Central Intelligence Agency的缩写)International relations: spying and espionage
- agent
- agent provocateur
- anti-bug
- counter-espionage
- counterintelligence
- intel
- intelligence
- MI5
- MI6
- on the insideidiom
- scout
- shadow
- snoop
- spook
- spy
- spy onsomeone/something
- superspy
- tail
- tap
- tradecraft
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