CIA

1.
Central Intelligence Agency: the U.S. federal agency that coordinates governmental intelligence activities outside the United States.
Also, C.I.A.

Cia.

1.
Company.
Origin
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Examples from the web for CIA
  • The CIA approaches alex with a mission for him, and he is forced to accept.
  • A secretive arrangement granted a percentage of the CIA budget.
British Dictionary definitions for CIA

CIA

abbreviation
1.
Central Intelligence Agency; a federal US bureau created in 1947 to coordinate and conduct espionage and intelligence activities
Word Origin and History for CIA

U.S. civilian espionage agency, initialism of Central Intelligence Agency, founded 1947 as successor to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

Related Abbreviations for CIA

CIA

  1. cash in advance
  2. Central Intelligence Agency
  3. Culinary Institute of America