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Mossad

Mossad

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Israel's secret service that gathers information and carries out secret missions abroad
  • proper noun
  • /mɔːˈsɑːd/
: Mossad
  • Several major divisions of the Mossad went into overdrive that summer, especially Research.
  • Mossad intelligence
  • Mossad intelligence agency
  • Israel's Mossad

And he, he dealt with the Mossad a lot during his career.

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Examples

  • Two million dollars had passed from the Mossad to the numbered account of Jericho in Vienna by August 1990.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • During his tenure in Jordan, Frost was suspected of leaking information to Mossad, but nothing was confirmed.

  • The Israeli Prime Minister did not know that that Mossad had done this.

  • And he, he dealt with the Mossad a lot during his career.

  • All eight questions to which the Mossad already knew the answers were completely accurate.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • And everybody knew Mossad was not to be taken lightly.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • America must also know that the Mossad waited for America to react.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • This is now a joint CIA-Mossad operation, whether we like it or not.

  • The head of covert operations for Mossad just arrived.

  • The Iranian government blames the Israeli secret service, Mossad, for trying to sabotage Iran's nuclear program.

Surface Forms

Mossad main

Etymology

Mossad comes from the Hebrew word mossad, meaning 'institution' or 'foundation', and its full name means 'Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks'. So, the name shows it is the state institute responsible for secret intelligence work abroad.