as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
for years we have had a mole in the enemy's national intelligence agency
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Recent Examples of mole
Soon, it’ll be revealed that one of them is a mole.
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Jocelyn Noveck, Twin Cities, 28 May 2025
When Mission: Impossible began, and Cruise had not yet completed his transformation into a celluloid being whose veins flowed with red carpets, his character, Ethan Hunt, had more modest concerns, like finding moles in the IMF and protecting the identities of undercover CIA agents.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Travel: Learn about mole sauce, tacos and local culture with a cooking course in Mexico City.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 15 May 2025
This is a measure (known in scientific terms as the mole fraction) of atmospheric carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, in parts per million.
—Eric Morgan, Wired News, 10 May 2025
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Jocelyn Noveck, Twin Cities, 28 May 2025
When Mission: Impossible began, and Cruise had not yet completed his transformation into a celluloid being whose veins flowed with red carpets, his character, Ethan Hunt, had more modest concerns, like finding moles in the IMF and protecting the identities of undercover CIA agents.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Travel: Learn about mole sauce, tacos and local culture with a cooking course in Mexico City.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 15 May 2025
This is a measure (known in scientific terms as the mole fraction) of atmospheric carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, in parts per million.
—Eric Morgan, Wired News, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mole
Noun
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Oh no, the uncles are mini-golfing in Biloxi and spy Mina with Demetrius.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
25 June 2025
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The international community continues to watch closely as tensions simmer and Iran's spy crisis deepens.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Le Carré’s description of CIA-style abductions, where massed operatives overwhelm their target, bind his hands, and dress him in black goggles and headphones engineered to block all sight and sound of the outside world, derives from contemporary journalistic accounts.—
Rav Grewal-Kök
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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The Republican operative Karl Rove has written an admiring book on McKinley.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Matsuoka began his media career at International Creative Management in Los Angeles as an agent trainee and has since spent his career bridging Hollywood and the Japanese film and television industry.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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Boelter's wife, Jenny, is listed as the resident agent for the company, according to business filings.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 June 2025
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“Mole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mole. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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