Military Intelligence, section five; a former official and present-day popular name for the counterintelligence agency of the British Government
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MI5
(em′ī′fīv′),USA pronunciation n. (in Great Britain)
- the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- M(ilitary) I(ntelligence, Section) 5
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