foreign agent
Another nation's infiltrator
A foreign agent is a person or organization that acts on behalf of a foreign government or entity, typically to influence policy, gather intelligence, or advance foreign interests.
In legal contexts, particularly U.S. law, foreign agents must register with the government: The lobbyist was required to register as a foreign agent.
The term often carries sinister connotations, suggesting espionage or covert manipulation of domestic affairs.
- infiltrateEnter secretly to observe
- honey trapSeduction-based intelligence operation
- spyCovert information gatherer
- operativeCovert field agent
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
espionage · subversive · treachery · state secrets · classified information · intelligence · defection · intelligence asset · sabotage · propagandist · lobbyist · handler · mole · influencer · emissary · impostor · surveillance · secret service
- espionagespy, spies, spying, moles, tradecraft
- Agentsspy, operative, CIA officer, intelligence officer, case officer
- political intrigueintrigue, conspiracy, treason, plot, collusion
- secret operativesspy, infiltrator, covert operative, mole, operative
- propagandistspropagandist, Joseph Goebbels, Tokyo Rose, mouthpiece, shill
- diplomatsambassador, diplomat, consul, envoy, emissary
foreign agentFBI agent
Federal law enforcement officer
government employee · civil servant · federal agent · state actor
foreign agentpatriot
Devoted country supporter
loyalist · nationalist · true believer · national hero · counterintelligence agent
foreign, agent, foreigner, foreignness, agency, agents, agencies