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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secret agent
spy
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Her group of spies, scouts, and other freedom fighters piloted three Union steamboats snaking up the lower Combahee River with Colonel James Montgomery of the Second South Carolina Volunteers and one battery of the Third Rhode Island Artillery.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, who surprised the film world and 007 fans by stepping away from the franchise earlier this year, has endorsed the choice of Denis Villeneuve as director for the next instalment of the spy thriller.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
17 July 2025
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“Secret agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secret%20agent. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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