intelligencer

noun

in-ˈte-lə-jən(t)-sər How to pronounce intelligencer (audio)
Definition of intelligencernext
1
as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news the student journalist asked questions as probing as those of a seasoned intelligencer

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2
as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed

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  1. reporter
  2. spy
  3. correspondent
  4. agent
  5. journalist
  6. operative
Noun
  • Plus, trending politics reporter Hope Karnopp pulled out some key takeaways from the legislative primary.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
  • James Marsden as Kevin, a famous wedding reporter—because no rom-com is truly complete without a prying journalist.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • This John and Jane Smith are two lonely strangers who sign up for a mysterious spy agency and get paired together, posing as a married couple.
    EW.com, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Zoom in: Both President Biden and President-elect Trump — and many spies, diplomats and defense officials personally involved in the tumultuous events of the last year — agree that Assad was doomed by the weakening of his allies, Russia and Iran.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of spy
Noun
  • Times correspondent Nabih Bulos contributed reporting.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • In: North Carolina Christmas Hurricane Steve Hartman Steve Hartman is a CBS News correspondent.
    Steve Hartman, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of correspondent
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  • Smirnov’s tenure as a confidential source for the FBI ended in spectacular fashion in February, with a grand jury in L.A. charging him with obstructing justice and lying to federal agents.
    Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The money is earmarked for further investment in the technology underpinning the platform – including features such as artificial intelligence agents that support sellers – and to put staff on the ground in its biggest markets, such as the US and the Middle East.
    David Prosser, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of agent
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  • Bashar Assad's fall after a lightning rebel offensive has allowed journalists for the first time to start searching in Syria for evidence of the captagon empire.
    Timour Azhari, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • David Axe is a journalist and filmmaker based in Columbia, South Carolina.
    David Axe, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of journalist
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  • The film centers on an ex-special ops operative who investigates a cybercrime syndicate after a young woman falls victim to a scam.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Along with billing itself as the world's largest provider of canine detections, Allied provides armed operatives that Kucera said have been in more demand the last 18 months and really since societal tensions heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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