top-secret

[top-see-krit] /ˈtɒpˈsi krɪt/
adjective, (of information, a document, etc.)
1.
bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
2.
limited to persons authorized to use anything so classified.
Compare classification (def 5).
Origin
1940-45; top1 + secret
Examples from the web for top-secret
  • Nor is he trying to protect the top-secret business model of one of the dozens of start-ups he is advising or has financed.
  • Early in his career, he was selected to build a top-secret satellite, and he's been inventing ever since.
  • The couple pulled off the near-impossible: a top-secret wedding.
British Dictionary definitions for top-secret

top-secret

adjective
1.
containing information whose disclosure would cause exceedingly grave damage to the nation and therefore classified as needing the highest level of secrecy and security