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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 | ||
spy | ||
intelligence agent, intelligence officer, secret agent, operative a person secretly employed in espionage for a government | ||
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
counterspy, mole a spy who works against enemy espionage | ||
double agent a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries | ||
espionage agent someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor | ||
foreign agent a spy for a foreign country | ||
infiltrator an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent | ||
sleeper an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" |