secret agent
noun
: a person who tries to get secret information about another country, government, etc.
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In the film, the 45-year-old plays a secret agent who has to blend in as maid of honor at her friend’s destination wedding.
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 17 June 2025
He was briefly involved in the 2017 rewrites, featuring Frank's son as a secret agent rather than a policeman.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
The secret agent John McLusky began drawing for The Daily Express a few years later, on the other hand, looked exactly how the world would soon come to picture James Bond: ruggedly handsome and athletic, with the cool, steely gaze of a killer.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2025
Sara’s friend from her secret agent days, Teresa, is also taking matters into her own hands after also losing a loved one to a corrupt system.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 3 June 2025
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 17 June 2025
He was briefly involved in the 2017 rewrites, featuring Frank's son as a secret agent rather than a policeman.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
The secret agent John McLusky began drawing for The Daily Express a few years later, on the other hand, looked exactly how the world would soon come to picture James Bond: ruggedly handsome and athletic, with the cool, steely gaze of a killer.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2025
Sara’s friend from her secret agent days, Teresa, is also taking matters into her own hands after also losing a loved one to a corrupt system.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for secret agent
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“Secret agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20agent. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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