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Definition 2024

intelligence agency ‎(plural intelligence agencies)

A governmental agency that is devoted to the information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.

governmental agency devoted to information gathering

Arabic: وَكَالَة اِسْتِخْبَار f ‎(wakālat istiḵbār)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 情報局 (zh), 情报局 (zh) ‎(qíngbàojú)
Czech: zpravodajská služba f
Finnish: tiedustelupalvelu (fi)
French: service de renseignements m
German: Nachrichtendienst (de) m, Geheimdienst (de) m
Greek: υπηρεσία πληροφοριών ‎(ypiresía pliroforión)
Japanese: 情報機関 ‎(じょうほうきかん, jōhō-kikan), 諜報機関 ‎(ちょうほうきかん, chōhō-kikan), スパイ機関 ‎(supai-kikan), 特殊機関 ‎(とくしゅきかん, tokushu-kikan), 特務機関 ‎(とくむきかん, tokumu-kikan)

Korean: 정보 기관 ‎(jeongbo gigwan) (情報機關 (ko))
Macedonian: разузнавачка служба f ‎(razuznávačka slúžba)
Portuguese: serviço de informações (pt) m, serviço secreto m, inteligência (pt) f
Romanian: serviciu de informații n
Russian: разве́дка (ru) f ‎(razvédka), специа́льная слу́жба f ‎(speciálʹnaja slúžba), разве́дывательная слу́жба f ‎(razvédyvatelʹnaja slúžba)
Spanish: servicio de inteligencia m
Swedish: underrättelsetjänst c