secret agent

as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country a secret agent posing as a government employee

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Recent Examples of secret agent Designed to embrace the stunning vistas, the villa sports a grand dining room that flows seamlessly onto an expansive terrace, both served by a professional-grade kitchen and a wine cellar fit for a secret agent’s private collection. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 May 2025 Toward the end of the video, Fleischer Camp responded to a comment about the disguise typically worn by Wendy Pleakley, the secret agent who is also an alien. James Factora, Them., 8 May 2025 Believe it or not, the film's director James Hawes insists Bernthal's secret agent code name was not an intentional call-out to his current run as the late, troubled, elder Berzatto brother Mikey on TV. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Perry the Platypus is still moonlighting as a secret agent to defeat Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s schemes that don’t involve being a good dad to Vanessa (all other schemes are fair game). Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for secret agent
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spy
Noun
  • North Korea has repeatedly failed to launch military spy satellites.
    Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 31 May 2025
  • This was a real group of spies that pretended to be Southern and infiltrated the South and became friends and colleagues.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2025

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“Secret agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secret%20agent. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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