| 单词 | foreign agent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasforeign agent foreign agent n. a person who represents or acts on behalf of one country while located in another; (in later use spec.) a person who works secretly to obtain information for a foreign government; a spy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another procuratorc1300 proctor1301 attorney1347 provisora1393 assignee1419 procuracya1425 solicitorc1425 factor1445 soliciter1464 doer1465 umbothman1482 agent1523 assign1526 procurera1533 practitioner1560 proxy1585 pragmatic1593 procureur1604 pragmatitioner1607 foreign agent1646 institor1657 agent general1659 proxy-man1696 interestera1701 maat1824 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy > secret agent intelligencer1540 intelligentiary1577 under-puller1682 agent1804 foreign agent1822 operative1901 spook1942 under-cover1962 Abwehr agent1990 1646 Answer of Commons to Scots Commissioners Papers (House of Commons) 4 Dec. 25 Since our Covenant and Treaty we have not received any Dignities or Offices from the King, nor suffered any Forraign Agents to interpose in this Cause. 1735 Detection of Falshood, Abuse & Misrepresentations 60 [He]..devoted his whole Conversation to slander that Government which he professes to serve, and made himself the Ear-wig of every Foreign Agent, to insinuate Lyes, and propagate Scandal in all the Courts of Europe. 1822 St. James's Chron. 3–5 Jan. The intrigues of foreign agents against liberty and the throne. 1939 Life 7 Aug. 13/2 Espionage investigations have now taken precedence... More than 10,000 foreign agents, according to Bureau estimates, are now operating in the U.S. 2003 Time 3 Feb. 26/1 The yearlong course..to learn such skills of the trade as infiltrating hostile countries, communicating in codes..and recruiting foreign agents. < as lemmas |
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