secret agent
an agent of a secret service.
(loosely) a person employed to collect the military secrets of one country and relay them to another, especially a person living in a foreign country while so working for their own nation; spy.
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How to use secret agent in a sentence
A lot of the movie Bonds seemed to enjoy the perks of being a secret agent.
The most important aspect might have nothing to do with which actor plays the famous secret agent but what the new era will attempt to portray.
Like in the original, players follow Razputin “Raz” Aquato as he uses familiar psychic powers and some newfound skills to brave the intern program with the Psychonauts, a group of international secret agents.
‘Psychonauts 2’ is a Saturday morning cartoon with a side of mental health | Shannon Liao | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostTo a child pretending to be a secret agent, it’s a handy fake mustache.
This is how your brain makes your mind | Lisa Feldman Barrett | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe club is led by Elizabeth, a quick-witted, acerbic former secret agent.
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Those performances were the reason, Hitch said, he was less satisfied with secret agent than with Rebecca.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe allegedly claimed he was a secret agent whose job was to protect them from their enemies.
France: “Leonardo da Vinci of Mental Manipulation” Put on Trial | The Telegraph | September 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the war began, he started a series of novels featuring secret agent Gregory Sallust.
The Novelist Who Spied: How Dennis Wheatley Helped Defeat the Nazis | Tina Rosenberg | August 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Nazis rated him their best spy in England; the Brits said he was the greatest secret agent of the war.
The Spy Who Tricked Hitler: The Story of Double Agent Juan Pujol and D-Day | Stephan Talty | July 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHurst has since said the newspaper may have been looking for information about a famous secret agent known as Stakeknife.
Murdoch’s Next Scandal Could Be Computer Hacking | Mike Giglio | February 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAbout the same time congress sent Deane to France as a secret agent.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntThe man who advocates "one big strike" to destroy our capital is the secret agent of starvation.
The Iron Puddler | James J. DavisTo some he said that he was a secret agent of the government, to others that he only meant to start a new pioneer settlement.
Historic Adventures | Rupert S. HollandShe was a secret agent—there was no doubt—working probably in the service of the Dalmatian government.
High Noon | AnonymousThe Government offered me a well paid commission to act as its secret agent.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell Catherwood
British Dictionary definitions for secret agent
a person employed in espionage
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