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MI6; the agency or a particular agent.
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(US, slang) A man who works for a government agency, such as the CIA, FBI or IRS.
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(espionage) An intelligence asset.
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(espionage) The deliberate release of traceable information to a suspect to see whether they leak it.
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Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
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(informal) A covert or clandestine entry into a building etc. to obtain information for an intelligence operation.
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(finance, government) A government budget that is allocated for classified or other secret operations of a nation.
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A covert operation typically involving activities that are highly clandestine and outside of standard military protocol.
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A person who catches criminals and brings them to the police in return for a reward.
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(Internet slang) To harass an individual or community online in a coordinated manner.
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Alternative spelling of caviler [A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker]
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Marked by menacing furtive secrecy, often with a melodramatic tint or espionage involved.
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(business, espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality.
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(espionage) Of a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory.
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(espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
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A spy or other operative of an intelligence service, especially the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency.
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(counter-espionage) The act of dividing tasks involving confidential information so that no one person is capable of leaking enough to be incriminating. Alternatively, it can involve distributing information in such a way that no individual knows the full extent or purpose of the task they have been given, hence, if they are captured or monitored, the enemy would not be able to obtain useful information from any given person.
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(espionage) A secret agent recruited by another agent, and having no direct contact with the agency.
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A spy working in counterintelligence.
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(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
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(espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something for confidentiality.
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(espionage) A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive.
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Alternative form of cover name [(espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something for confidentiality.]
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A trusted middleman or intermediary, especially in espionage.
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An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
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(espionage) A location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
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A particular type of stock broker or trader.
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(espionage) A person who defects to a foreign power but remains in their home country so as to gather information etc.
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(espionage) A spy who pretends to work for one side, when they are actually working for or passing information to the other.
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(espionage) A dead drop.
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Any National Security Agency employee who leaks national security secrets to the media.
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(obsolete) A scout; a spy.
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A professional spy; a member of an espionage bureaucracy.
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The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.
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(uncountable) The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means; espionage.
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(espionage, military, politics) A diversionary or propaganda tactic of deceiving an adversary into thinking that an operation was carried out by another party.
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(informal, rare) An FBI agent.
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A person whose job is to conduct public relations by shielding a more prominent person by intercepting and deflecting complaints and criticism.
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(espionage) The practice of sending deceptive information to the enemy by means of their official channels that have been subverted.
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Any person working for the US government, especially in undercover work.
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Alternative spelling of gatecrasher [(slang) A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception.]
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(espionage) the barrier between compartmentalized intelligence information and those without access to it, especially military personnel who might need it
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(slang) To act as a detective.
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A puppet operated by the hand, especially one in which the puppeteer's hand occupies and controls the head
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Alternative spelling of HUMINT [Information gained from intelligence agents, or spies, and interrogation.]
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(espionage) A spy working abroad illegally and undercover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.
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Spying on industrial activities for military advantage.
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An infiltrator; a spy who covertly enters a territory or organisation.
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One who is informed, who receives information.
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Rare spelling of informer. [One who informs someone else about something.]
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(espionage) Any resource by means of which intelligence is gathered.
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(theater) An actor temporarily employed for a specific role, often in a touring company.
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(countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
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A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.
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(espionage) A location where two people meet to exchange items or information.
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(espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.
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(espionage) An investigation attempting to identify moles (agents who have infiltrated an organisation).
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(espionage) One who investigates and attempts to identify a mole (agent who has infiltrated an organisation).
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An undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.
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Alternative spelling of namedropper [a person who name-drops]
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(espionage) non-official cover
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(espionage) The assumption of a covert role in an organization which does not have ties to the government of the operative in question.
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(espionage) A cover which is a position at a governmental agency (e.g. posing as a member of the diplomatic service).
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A spy, secret agent, or detective.
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(slang) A con man who passes bad cheques or counterfeit paper money; a forger, a con artist.
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(espionage) A specialist in outdoor surveillance as a pedestrian.
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(dated, slang, derogatory) A private detective.
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(by extension) A meeting or gathering for the purpose of instilling enthusiasm and motivation in attenders.
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(slang, law enforcement) Perpetrator.
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(US, politics, slang, dated) A politician who works in secret.
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Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).
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(politics, business, military, espionage) The organization of clandestine activity in such a way that knowledge of its existence may be denied by those in authority.
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(slang, fiction, sometimes derogatory) A plot device wherein a fictional character or other entity repeatedly and inexplicably avoids harm or misfortune, due to their importance to the work's continued plot; the property of being prone to deus ex machinas.
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A person who investigates or prevents leaks of information.
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(military) A member of military intelligence
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(espionage) A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage.
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To play the role of, or cast someone in the role of, a character of a different race or ethnicity.
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(espionage) A base of Russian espionage operations within a foreign country.
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(espionage) A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women.
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(espionage) An agent who vets potential defectors.
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A member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential.
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The position of being a secret agent.
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(espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
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A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.
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A spy who is placed in a target country or organisation, not to undertake an immediate mission, but rather to act as a potential asset if activated.
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A group of people (sleepers) who inconspicuously remain dormant in a community until activated, by a prearranged signal, to perform acts of espionage, sabotage, and/or terrorism.
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A secret spying or investigation.
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(archaic) The act of spying; espionage.
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Obsolete form of spy. [(intransitive) To act as a spy.]
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(rare) One who spies; a spy.
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(espionage, slang) An undercover agent or spy.
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A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
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(obsolete) A spy; one who spies.
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(informal) A person involved in counterespionage.
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(informal) counterespionage
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The skills and techniques employed by spies.
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(informal) The world of spies and espionage.
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The activities and duties relating to spies and spying.
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(derogatory) People who engage in covert surveillence or similar activities associated with secret police.
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(espionage) The methods used in espionage and clandestine operations.
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(espionage) A covert meeting.
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Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.
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A freelance operator for MI5.
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(informal) A spy, undercover agent.
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(euphemistic) A covert assassination performed by government operatives.
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(euphemistic) Covert assassination performed by government operatives.
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(espionage) A specialist in outdoor surveillance in a vehicle.
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(espionage) A person who is manipulated into serving as a useful agent without knowing it.
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The alias used by someone involved in secret espionage or intelligence work.
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