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   State se·cret

   /ˌstāt ˈsēkrət/

   

   noun

   • 1. a sensitive issue or piece of information that is kept secret by the government, usually to protect the public: "protest was silenced and pollution was as much a state secret as the ammunition stocks"
   • ▪ a piece of information, usually of a trivial or personal nature, that is closely guarded and desired to be kept private: "she thought her affair with the boss was a state secret, but we all giggled about it behind her back"

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