Meanings
proper noun
- Israel's internal security service.
‘How will you get news of him?’ said Haneen. ‘Can he make phone calls?’ ‘The Shin Bet still have him.’
2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 28
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency
Similar
General Security Services
Broader
international intelligence agency
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Hebrewשירות הביטחון הכללי“General Security Service”
- EnglishShin Bet
Names of the initial letters of Hebrew שירות הביטחון הכללי (“General Security Service”).
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APA
Shin Bet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shin%20Bet
MLA
“Shin Bet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shin%20Bet. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shin Bet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shin%20Bet.
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