Thesaurus results for UNDERCOVERS

undercovers

noun

plural of undercover

as in spies

a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country within the city was a well-organized fifth column, and these undercovers would make themselves known as soon as the invading forces breached the city limits

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Its Foundry software specializes in patching together data from various files and silos, and is marketed to spies, police, healthcare agencies and large enterprises.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Like Agent Kim, Han-soo and Jin-cheol are former spies and current parents.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 27 July 2026

Definition of spies

Noun

A couple of left-wing political operatives saw Platner, an oyster farmer, in a local video opposing the development of a corporate salmon farm in Frenchman Bay, and matched his name to records of donors to Sanders’s campaigns.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
In search of a quick fix to the systemic issues within the Democratic Party, operatives pushed a candidate under the guise of authenticity.

— Maria Comella, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026

Definition of operatives

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Earlier this year, a gunman from California stormed a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and exchanged fire with Secret Service agents before being subdued.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele, was spotted by plainclothes federal agents who observed odd behavior and subsequently contacted the Lomita Sheriff Department deputies.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2026

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