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undercover agent

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Noun1.undercover agent - (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitorsundercover agent - (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
counterspy, mole - a spy who works against enemy espionage
double agent - a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries
espionage agent - someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor
foreign agent - a spy for a foreign country
infiltrator - someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage
intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent - a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
sleeper - a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal


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In February, Monsieur made contact with an undercover agent seeking engines for the F-5 fighter jet and the C-130 transport aircraft for export to Iran.
In February, Monsieur made contact with an undercover agent seeking engines for the F-5 fighter jet and the C-130 transport aircraft for export to Iran.
net that he started his job as an undercover agent for Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards two years before the Iran-Iraq war ended in 1988.
 
 
 
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