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Meanings of undercover agent in English

Portuguese
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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.

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Usage of undercover agent in English
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The twist: Neither man knows that the other is an undercover agent.
The South African
2
He even hired an undercover agent to help him gain information.
The Bohemian Grove and Other Retreats
3
The undercover agent asked Semenko if he has spotted any other Russian agents.
The Guardian
4
He must have been the other undercover agent in Fresh Start.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
5
Why had that undercover agent tried to arrest him in the rest room?
A Confederacy of Dunces
6
An undercover agent, posing as a fan, ordered Boiled Angel through the mail.
Wired
7
An undercover agent drove the suspect on the day of the planned attack.
Reuters
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An undercover agent drove the suspect on the day of that planned attack.
Reuters
9
It was doubtful that this man was an FBI undercover agent.
Agent 6
10
Witnessing so much death and heartbreak posed psychological risks for an undercover agent.
Priceless: how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen tr...
11
An undercover agent drove the man on the day of the planned attack.
Reuters
12
An undercover agent would have already told a hundred nervous lies.
Agent 6
13
The FBI's art crime team, created in 2004, employed only one full-time undercover agent-me
Priceless: how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen tr...
14
An Italian undercover agent was also involved in the probe.
Reuters
15
Protesters also detained a second man who they suspected of being an undercover agent.
News.com.au
16
That undercover agent would be prowling the bus station all afternoon looking for him.
A Confederacy of Dunces
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