secret agent

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 on the Web Before that, however, Amazon MGM wants to pay it forward to fans with an exclusive opportunity to become secret agents themselves. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 Aug. 2024 At the time, a U.S. government security source told PEOPLE Whelan was not a secret agent. Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024 August also marks the arrival of a few buzzy new titles, including the Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry team-up, The Union, which sees a down-to-earth construction worker sucked into a world of secret agents by his high school sweetheart. EW.com, 31 July 2024 The sequel brings back Steve Carell as Gru, a recovering supervillain turned secret agent, and pits him against Will Ferrell as a French baddie named Maxime Le Mal. Brent Lang, Variety, 4 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for secret agent 

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“Secret agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secret%20agent. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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