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Recent Examples of undercover agent
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.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undercover agent
secret agent
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Daniel Dae Kim plays David Jung, a highly skilled secret agent, long thought to be dead.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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But this franchise installment does nicely wrap a 30-year-old story line for Cruise's secret agent Ethan Hunt, who battles a villainous AI in a high-stakes quest to keep mankind from being wiped out.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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“Undercover agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undercover%20agent. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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