intelligence agency

English

Noun

intelligence agency (plural intelligence agencies)

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

Synonyms

• intelligence service

Translations

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