secret agent
noun
an agent of a secret service.
secret agents
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pluralof secret agent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Unlike James Bond, however, Deighton's secret agents were ordinary working-class people, often frustrated by the incompetence of their own side.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Some were also destroyed by Israeli secret agents on the ground, people familiar with the operation said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
They believed they were secret agents or that aliens were coming to get them.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 15, 2023
Much to his father's annoyance he quit the bank to work in comics and in 1958 "Mortadelo and Filemon", featuring two secret agents who work for the TIA, a parody of the CIA, was born.
From Reuters ● Jul. 15, 2023
“Otherwise a bunch of secret agents would have scooped you up a while ago. He’s making sure nobody else finds out about you.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
