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1. Abwehr, n. View full entry 1945
...In Germany: a military intelligence and counter-intelligence agency (192144) founded as a division of the defence ministry, and expanded to include foreign espionage assignments in 1934 by...
2. Abwehr, n. View full entry 1945
...General attrib., as Abwehr agent, Abwehr chief, Abwehr official, etc....
3. aerostat, n. View full entry 1974
...A tethered balloon or blimp used for telecommunications or surveillance....
4. agent, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1804
...A person who works secretly to obtain information for a government or other official body; a spy....
5. asset, n. View full entry 1899
...A facility or piece of equipment available to a military force or intelligence organization....
6. asset, n. View full entry 1975
...A person working for or with a military force or intelligence organization; esp. a spy, mole, or informant....
7. bespy in be-, prefix View full entry 1837
...to dog with spies....
8. beagle, n. View full entry 1559
...fig. One who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy or informer; a constable, sheriff's officer, bailiff....
9. bloodhound, n. View full entry c1440
...A person who pursues someone or something with (ruthless) tenacity....
10. border protection in border, n. View full entry 1875
...orig. U.S., defence or surveillance of the border of a nation or territory, (now) esp. in order to prevent illegal immigration;(in international trade) the imposition of tariffs and other controls...
11. BOSS, n.9 View full entry 1969
...The state security service of the Republic of South Africa, established in 1969 and renamed National Intelligence Service in 1978....
12. bug, n.2 View full entry 1946
...A concealed microphone (see quots.). orig. U.S....
13. bug, v.1 View full entry 1919
...trans. To equip with an alarm system or a concealed microphone. (Cf. bug3e3f) Also intr. and in extended use. slang (orig. U.S....
14. bugged in bug, v.1 View full entry 1955
15. bugging in bug, v.1 View full entry 1919
16. CCTV in C, n. View full entry 1959
...closed-circuit television (see closed circuit(b)closed); (in later use, freq. spec.) a surveillance and security system which provides remote observation of a limited (public) area by means...
17. centre | center, n. and adj. View full entry 1935
...Usu. with capital initial. The place from which an espionage or terrorist network is co-ordinated, esp. (now hist.) the headquarters of the Soviet Secret Service (see Moscow...
18. circus, n. View full entry 1963
...the Circus, a nickname for the British Secret Service (see quot. 1982)....
19. cloak and dagger in cloak, n. View full entry 1841
...= cloak and sword;of, concerned with, or characteristic of espionage, secrecy, intrigue, etc.; hence in various allusive phrases; hence cloak-and-daggery....
20. confidential, adj. View full entry 1805
...Enjoying the confidence of another person; entrusted with secrets; charged with secret service....
