Meanings of passing secrets in English

Americans convicted of passing secrets to foreign governments have faced stiffer sentences.

Karunatilaka is accused of passing secrets from his work at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

Or maybe they were turfed out for passing secrets or engaging in black trade.

Political ideology was the best reason for passing secrets to another country but money and vengeance were good motivators too.

President Clinton on Friday denied clemency to Pollard, a former US navy intelligence analyst, jailed for life for passing secrets to Israel.

It is not clear if Washington argued for their release, or for the freedom of Cubans jailed for passing secrets to the United States.

Skripal was arrested in December 2004 by Federal Security Service agents on suspicion of treason: passing secrets to Britain's MI6 intelligence agency.

Mr Skripal, 66, was convicted of passing secrets to MI6 but was given refuge in the UK in 2010 as part of a "spy swap".