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Recent Examples of undercover agent
In the aftermath of Sofia being taken away from Ashley and Miran (a move orchestrated by PET), Tea breaks cover and tells Ashley that she's been working as an undercover agent.
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
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.
—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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Based on the adventures of a secret agent in the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), the stories centered on the titular character, James Bond.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The show will follow a secret agent with an impeccable record who is betrayed and becomes the most wanted man in Spain.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Undercover agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undercover%20agent. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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