espionage agent
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Definition(s):
- (n) someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor
Usage(s):
- In 1948, when Chambers testified that Alger Hiss had been an espionage agent of Moscow, he hoped to awaken America to the relentless political struggles of the era.
- There was a hint that a Rightist espionage agent had been responsible for a telling blow to the Leftist munitions supply.
- Its central figure was Egyptian-born Sami Schinasi, an enterprising scoundrel who offered his services as an espionage agent to the French government.
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