undercover agent
English Thesaurus
1. (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors (noun.person)
hyponym | : | counterspy, mole, |
definition | : | a spy who works against enemy espionage (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | double agent, |
definition | : | a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | espionage agent, |
definition | : | someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | foreign agent, |
definition | : | a spy for a foreign country (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | infiltrator, |
definition | : | someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | sleeper, |
definition | : | a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | margarete gertrud zelle, mata hari, |
definition | : | Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917) (noun.person) |
derivation | : | spy, |
definition | : | secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | sleuth, snoop, spy, stag, |
definition | : | watch, observe, or inquire secretly (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | spy, |
definition | : | secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | sleuth, snoop, spy, stag, |
definition | : | watch, observe, or inquire secretly (verb.communication) |
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