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Meaning of tiger team | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A specialized group tasked with testing the effectiveness of an organization's ability to protect assets by attempting to circumvent, defeat or otherwise thwart that organization's internal and external security.
  2. An engineering or other group assembled to tackle especially difficult or critical problems, often outside the normal chain of command.

Examples

“My deputy Alex Wong is pulling together a tiger team at deputies/agency Chief of Staff level following up from the meeting in the Sit Room this morning for action items and will be sending that out later this evening.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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