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Recent Examples of undercover agent
The film opens with a celebratory raid on an ICE facility to free detainees, and shows government agents coldly executing unarmed suspects and sending an undercover agent into a peaceful protest to throw a Molotov cocktail to justify increased force.
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Greg Rogers spent decades as an undercover agent for the FBI and now teaches a class on serial killers and criminal psychology at UVU.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
About two months later, Lever met with another undercover agent in El Cajon and received $100,000 in cash.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
The inspector was, in fact, an undercover agent.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
In his ruling this week, Wyandotte County Chief Judge Robert Burns said releasing the affidavit for public view could jeopardize the safety or wellbeing of a victim, witness, confidential source or undercover agent, or cause the destruction of evidence.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Greg Rogers spent decades as an undercover agent for the FBI and now teaches a class on serial killers and criminal psychology at UVU.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
About two months later, Lever met with another undercover agent in El Cajon and received $100,000 in cash.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
The inspector was, in fact, an undercover agent.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
In his ruling this week, Wyandotte County Chief Judge Robert Burns said releasing the affidavit for public view could jeopardize the safety or wellbeing of a victim, witness, confidential source or undercover agent, or cause the destruction of evidence.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undercover agent
secret agent
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Jumping forward twenty years to the second installment, The Secret Commonwealth, Malcolm has grown into a strong and capable secret agent who is not afraid to show care or affection.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Teaming with a colorful cast of characters, their investigation sends them on an expedition that takes in Scottish politics, AI, cults, secret agents, smugglers, and vegan record shops.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Undercover agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undercover%20agent. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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