mukhabarat

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UK/mʊˈkabəɹat/

noun

The secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.

OriginArabic مُخَابَرَات →
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Meanings

mukhabarat1

nounmukhabarat (countable and uncountable, plural mukhabarats)

plural mukhabarats

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of Mukhabarat.

    Leading Jordanian exponents of the Salafi-jihadi world view, such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, are now behind bars or silent, fearing arrest by the powerful mukhabarat secret police.

    2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian

Mukhabarat2

nounMukhabarat (countable and uncountable, plural Mukhabarats)

plural Mukhabarats

  1. countableuncountableThe secret police or intelligence forces in certain Arabic-speaking countries.

    He was sallow, morose-looking, and wearing dark glasses indoors: a thoroughly bad sign. A secret-police or Mukhabarat type, bored and resentful and hard to shake.

    2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 283
  2. countableuncountableA member of such an organization.

Origin

  1. Arabicمُخَابَرَات
  2. EnglishMukhabarat

From Arabic مُخَابَرَات (muḵābarāt), plural of مُخَابَر (muḵābar, “intelligence”).

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APA

mukhabarat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mukhabarat

MLA

“mukhabarat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mukhabarat. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mukhabarat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mukhabarat.

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