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单词 secret agent
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secret agent

Word forms: plural secret agents
countable noun
A secret agent is a person who is employed by a government to find out the secrets of other governments.
Synonyms: spy, undercover agent, spook [US, Canadian, informal], nark [British, Australian, New Zealand, slang] More Synonyms of secret agent

secret agent in British English

noun
a person employed in espionage

secret agent in American English

a person who carries on espionage or similar work of a secret nature, as for a government

Examples of 'secret agent' in a sentence
secret agent

Sometimes at parties people asked her what she did and she would say, `I'm a secret agent.
Trenhalle, John A MEANS TO EVIL (2001)
Last week he even told me that William the Conqueror was a secret agent from a James Bond movie.
Adams, Ken SAMSON SUPERSLUG (2001)
He was a mining engineer, not a cop or a secret agent, he reminded himself.
Jenkins, Geoffrey A DAYSTAR OF FEAR (2001)
(noun) 
Definition
a person employed by a government to find out the military and political secrets of other governments
He was blacklisted as a secret agent.
Synonyms
spy
He was jailed for five years as an alleged spy.
undercover agent
spook (US, Canadian, informal)
spooks working in signals intelligence
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang)
cloak-and-dagger man

Additional synonyms

in the sense of spook
spooks working in signals intelligence
Synonyms
spy,
secret agent,
double agent,
secret service agent,
undercover agent,
mole,
foreign agent,
fifth columnist,
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang)

Nearby words of
secret agent

  • secondly
  • secrecy
  • secret
  • secret agent
  • secrete
  • secretion
  • secretive

Synonyms of 'secret agent'

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