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secret agent n
(Military) a person employed in espionage ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
secret agent noun spy, undercover agent, spook (U.S. & Canad. informal), nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), cloak-and-dagger man He was blacklisted as a secret agent. Translations secret agent n → Geheimagent(in) m(f) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I simply know that when a man is practically the secret agent of his government, and is probably carrying despatches of an important nature, that an accident such as he has met with, in a country which is greatly interested in the contents of those despatches, is a somewhat serious thing. This was then the famous and trusty secret agent, so secret that he was never designated otherwise but by the symbol [delta] in the late Baron Stott-Wartenheim's official, semi-official, and confidential correspondence; the celebrated agent [delta], whose warnings had the power to change the schemes and the dates of royal, imperial, grand ducal journeys, and sometimes caused them to be put off altogether During many years following his release Defoe issued an enormous number of pamphlets and acted continuously as a secret agent and spy of the government. |
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