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intel

intel

24 4.7
An organization that collects and studies secret information for governments
  • noun
  • /ˈɪn.tɛl/
  • Jargon
translation icon : servicios de inteligencia
  • All right, I'll hit up Gang Narcotics and see if they have any intel on suspected Garcia locations.
  • intel community
  • intel agencies
  • intel chiefs

My buddy was running a task force link up with him, Intel folks upstairs over the coffee shop.

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Examples

  • You work with the CIA, you work with the FBI, you work with all the other Intel apparatus of the United States, but you have your own as well.

  • I got this from a friend in the intel community.

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  • - The intel was very clear.

  • You really think one person was responsible for putting together the intel report for the administration?

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  • Senator, tell me again where you got this intel.

  • Is Cuba willing to share its intel?

  • We also have intel from MI6.

  • In fact, when an event like Benghazi is unfolding, the intel community rarely takes a definitive position.

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  • Biden's attack on the intel community last night may finally spell the end of this treacherous presidency.

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  • The intelligence agency gathered intel about potential threats to national security.

Synonyms

CIA
vsintel
783 2.8

A US government agency that gathers information about other countries to protect national security

is the wider term for any group doing secret information tasks
NSA
vsintel
209 3.8

A United States government organization that collects secret information and protects US computer systems

is the broader term for any body that collects and analyses secrets
Intelligence Community
vsintel
  • Formal
126 3.3

The group of United States government agencies that collect and share secret information to protect the country

is the general term for agencies that collect and analyse secret information
intelligence agency
vsintel
  • Specialized
64 2.8

A group that collects and studies secret information about other countries and threats

is the broad name for such organizations rather than a single body
intelligence service
vsintel
  • Specialized
33 3.0

A group that gathers and studies secret information for a government

is the general label for these kinds of units and bodies

A United States government organization that collects secret information about other countries

covers all organizations that collect and analyse secret information, not only foreign work
military intelligence
vsintel
  • Specialized
12 3.9

A team in the armed forces that gathers and studies information for military plans

applies to all secret information bodies, both military and civilian
MI
vsintel
  • UK
7 6.7

British government agencies that gather secret information, for example MI5 and MI6

is the wide term for any organization or body that gathers and studies secrets
Army Intelligence
vsintel
  • US
3 3.8

A part of the United States Army that gathers and studies information for military leaders

is the general name that includes army focused and other bodies
1 3.9

A part of the United States government that gives military information to help plan operations and buy weapons

is not limited to military support but covers civilian security roles too
military intelligence agency
vsintel
  • Specialized
1 3.2

A group in the armed forces that collects and studies information about enemy plans and troops

is the wider category that also includes non military bodies
1 3.9

A British government group that gathers secret information overseas and protects Britain from foreign spies

is the more general descriptor for organizations that do secret work
espionage network
vsintel
  • Specialized
1 6.4

A secret group of people who gather information for a government

can include official bodies but also refers to the general practice of secret collection

A group of United States government agencies that collect and share secret information to protect the country

refers generally to any organization doing secret information collection and analysis
4.6

A group of US agencies that collect and share secret information to protect the country

applies more widely to any country or single organization doing secret work
4.2

A British government service that gathers secret information abroad and runs secret operations

is the broad term for any organization that collects and examines secrets

A Russian government agency that gathers information and carries out operations abroad

is a general term covering both domestic and foreign secret information bodies

The main spy agency of Pakistan that gathers information inside and outside the country

is the general category for any organization collecting and analysing secrets

A part of the United States State Department that studies events abroad and advises diplomats

is the simpler umbrella term for bodies that collect and study secret information
intelligence cell
vsintel
  • Specialized
7.2

A small secret group that watches places or people to gather information

is broader, covering many sizes and formal organizations that gather and analyse secrets

A government group from another country that collects secret information

is not limited by country and names any organization doing secret information work

Surface Forms

intel singular
intels plural

Etymology

The word intel also refers to the groups that collect and study that information and is short for intelligence, as in 'intelligence agencies'. So intel here means the teams or agencies that gather secret facts to help keep people or a country safe.