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undercover agent

noun

(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

• Syn: ↑spy

• Derivationally related forms: ↑spy (for: ↑spy)

• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine

• Hypernyms: ↑secret agent, ↑intelligence officer, ↑intelligence agent, ↑operative

• Hyponyms:

↑counterspy, ↑mole, ↑double agent, ↑espionage agent, ↑foreign agent, ↑infiltrator, ↑sleeper

• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Mata Hari, ↑Margarete Gertrud Zelle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.