undercover agent
Spy with alias
An undercover agent is someone who conceals their true identity or affiliation to gather information or infiltrate a group.
The term usually applies to law enforcement officers investigating criminal organizations, but extends to intelligence operatives and corporate investigators.
The undercover agent spent two years embedded with the gang before making arrests.
- operativeCovert field agent
- investigatorOne who examines evidence
- spyCovert information gatherer
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- handlerOne who manages something
infiltration · dead drop · drop point · blown · espionage · stakeout · detective · wiretap · wire tap · tailing · burner phone · legend · asset · sting operation · surveillance · clandestine · burned · mission
- Agentsspy, operative, CIA officer, intelligence officer, case officer
- FBI jobsdeputy director, assistant director, intelligence analyst, profiler, trainee
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- espionagespy, spies, spying, moles, tradecraft
- daredevilsbase jumper, stuntwoman, stuntman, cliff diver, stunt driver
- hidden identitiesanonymous, anonymity, pseudonym, alias, incognito
undercover agentpublic official
Government role holder
beat cop · plainclothes officer · patrol officer · public relations officer · spokesperson
undercover agentdouble agent
Spy betraying their side
mole · turncoat · defector · traitor · true believer
cover, under, agent, covering, covered, covers, covert, undercover, agents