Ss (Noun)
Meaning 1
The United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Secret Service is responsible for protecting the President and his family at all times.
- After graduating from college, she was recruited by the Secret Service to work as a special agent.
- The Secret Service was called in to investigate the counterfeiting ring that had been operating in the city for months.
- As a former President, he was still entitled to protection from the Secret Service for the rest of his life.
- The Secret Service worked closely with local law enforcement to provide security for the visiting head of state.
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Meaning 2
Special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The SS was responsible for many atrocities during World War II, including the systematic murder of six million Jews.
- Heinrich Himmler was appointed as the head of the SS in 1929 and expanded its role in the Nazi regime.
- The SS was divided into several branches, including the Allgemeine SS, the Waffen-SS, and the SS-Totenkopfverbände.
- The SS was known for its distinctive uniforms and insignia, including the Totenkopf symbol and the black uniform.
- The SS played a key role in the implementation of the Final Solution, the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe.