intelligence agent

Noun
  1. A person secretly employed in espionage for a government (synset 110588855)
    is a type of: agent - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
    subtypes:
    • agent-in-place - an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target
    • agent provocateur, provocateur - a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
    • bridge agent - an operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area
    • case officer - an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service
    • codetalker, windtalker - a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II
    • foot - a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
    • noc - an undercover agent who is given no official cover
    • spy, 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 competitors
    • walk-in - an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum
    same as: intelligence officer, operative, secret agent

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