secret agent

noun

: a person who tries to get secret information about another country, government, etc.

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Putin’s ties to social media What Putin lacks as a military leader, the former KGB secret agent makes up for in subterfuge. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024 By the end of the ’80s, the wall will be down in Cold War Berlin, but not before secret agent Mark (Sam Neill) confronts his wife, Anna (Isabelle Adjani), who wants to leave him and take their child with her. Rory Doherty, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024 The productivity of these secret agents was enormous. Elyse Graham, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024 As John Black, across more than 4,200 episodes, Hogestyn was a spy, mercenary, police officer, private investigator and secret agent. Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for secret agent 

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