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Meanings of spy in English
Person engaged obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential.
Related terms
Portuguese
espião Catalan
agent secret (Military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
Synonyms
Examples for "undercover agent"
Examples for "undercover agent"
1
The twist: Neither man knows that the other is an undercover agent.
2
He even hired an undercover agent to help him gain information.
3
The undercover agent asked Semenko if he has spotted any other Russian agents.
4
He must have been the other undercover agent in Fresh Start.
5
Why had that undercover agent tried to arrest him in the rest room?
Usage of spy in English
1
New legislation governing New Zealand's spy agencies has been passed by Parliament.
2
None of my ladies would answer a question from an English spy.
3
Read: Trump adviser said microwaves were used to spy on the Donald.
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The 54-year-old worked as a spy in Scandinavia, Africa and Western Europe.
5
Some American recruits had concerns about working for a foreign spy service.
6
Russian state TV claimed the FSB had exposed a major spy ring.
7
Her spy was still waiting to learn the value of his information.
8
Gunfire also erupted inside the spy agency's building, an official source said.
9
The government seems to think every Jap is a spy these days.
10
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service spy agency said it could not comment.
11
Nevertheless, the former spy's career included close-up experience of a catastrophic operation.
12
Cooperation is close across the main spy agencies at home and abroad.
13
One must be the half-foolish Nicko; the other must be the spy.
14
The lot of the professional spy will be harder in the future.
15
A German spy was shot during the Second World War in 1941.
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Some of America's spy agencies probably rely too much on outside companies.
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New Zealand
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United Kingdom
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Australia
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