CIA

abbr. Central Intelligence Agency (US).

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noun

an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council

• Syn: ↑Central Intelligence Agency

• Hypernyms: ↑United States intelligence agency, ↑independent agency

• Member Holonyms: ↑Intelligence Community, ↑National Intelligence Community, ↑United States Intelligence Community, ↑IC

• Part Meronyms: ↑Counterterrorist Center, ↑CTC, ↑Nonproliferation Center, ↑NPC

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Central Intelligence Agency: the U.S. federal agency that coordinates governmental intelligence activities outside the United States.

Also, C.I.A.

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CIA (US)

abbrev

Central Intelligence Agency

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CIA (no periods) or C.I.A.,

Central Intelligence Agency (an agency of the United States government that deals with matters outside the United States involving national security).

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abbr. Central Intelligence Agency

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abbr

Central Intelligence Agency

The group is being investigated by the CIA.

a CIA agent

◇ The Central Intelligence Agency is a part of the U.S. federal government that is responsible for collecting information about other countries or foreign groups.

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CIA [CIA] [ˌsiː aɪ ˈeɪ] [ˌsiː aɪ ˈeɪ] abbreviation

Central Intelligence Agency (a department of the US government which collects information about other countries, often secretly)

 

Culture:

In the 1960s the CIA changed its methods of operating, after being criticized in the US for trying to influence or remove foreign governments. It was established in 1947 and is based in Langley, ↑Virginia. It publishes the CIA World Factbook every year, which gives information about all the countries in the world.

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