state secret

state secret
Information which pertains to the affairs of a country and access to which is restricted by the government.

Ill tell you one great State secret: the Queen, sensible how much she was governed by the late Ministry, runs a little into tother extreme, and is jealous in that point.


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  • state secret — noun count information that a government decides must be kept secret …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • state secret — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms state secret : singular state secret plural state secrets a) information that a government decides must be kept secret b) informal something that is very secret It s no state secret that they plan to marry …   English dictionary

  • state secret — See it s not a state secret …   English idioms

  • state secret — A governmental secret relating to national defense or international relations of United States and, once established, government has a privilege to refuse to disclose the secret in civil litigation and to prevent any litigant from disclosing the… …   Black's law dictionary

  • State Secret —    Voir Secret d État …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • state secret — A matter of government or of a department of the government protected against disclosure by a witness in ordinary judicial proceedings. 58 Am J1st Witn § 535 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • state secret — …   Useful english dictionary

  • it's not a state secret — it is not a special secret, it is not private information, top secret    You can talk about your first marriage. It s not a state secret …   English idioms

  • a state secret — See it s not a state secret …   English idioms

  • Secret police — (sometimes political police) are a police agency which operates in secrecy to maintain national security against internal threats to the state.Secret police forces are typically associated with totalitarian regimes, as they are often used to… …   Wikipedia

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