as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
a secret agent posing as a government employee
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Recent Examples of secret agent
The anime follows secret agents hunting for a vaccine to save humanity.
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Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 29 Mar. 2025
Wilson plays Sam, a secret agent whose toughest mission to date is pleasing her bride-to-be best friend (Camp) at a lavish destination wedding.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Clad in a maroon velvet pantsuit and sneakers, Broccoli was joined at the hip that evening by the Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh, who played the Chinese secret agent and Bond love interest Wai Lin in Tomorrow Never Dies.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
While the model would go on to grace the wrist of James Bond (several times), this was not just a watch for a secret agent—this was a watch for a serious diver.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 29 Mar. 2025
Wilson plays Sam, a secret agent whose toughest mission to date is pleasing her bride-to-be best friend (Camp) at a lavish destination wedding.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Clad in a maroon velvet pantsuit and sneakers, Broccoli was joined at the hip that evening by the Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh, who played the Chinese secret agent and Bond love interest Wai Lin in Tomorrow Never Dies.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
While the model would go on to grace the wrist of James Bond (several times), this was not just a watch for a secret agent—this was a watch for a serious diver.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secret agent
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The payloads included a South Korean military radar spy satellite, a small commercial weather satellite, and the most interesting payload: an experimental reentry vehicle from a German startup named Atmos Space Cargo.—
Abigail Bassett,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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Cassian is now a secret spy for the budding Rebel Alliance.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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