espionage agent
Clandestine intelligence gatherer
An espionage agent is a person who gathers secret information for a government or organization, typically operating covertly in foreign territory.
The term is more formal than spy and appears in official, legal, and journalistic contexts: The arrested diplomat was identified as an espionage agent for a hostile power.
An espionage agent may work under diplomatic cover or deep cover with no official connection to their government.
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- spyCovert information gatherer
- operativeCovert field agent
- moleSubterranean insectivore
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Official foreign representative
ambassador · attaché · consul · foreign correspondent · press secretary
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Devoted country supporter
whistleblower · security officer · loyalist · defector · counterspy
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