Foreign Agent (Noun)
Meaning
A spy for a foreign country.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The accused was charged with acting as a foreign agent of a hostile nation, providing classified information to aid in their military efforts.
- As a foreign agent, she had infiltrated the government agency and was feeding sensitive data to her handlers in a rival country.
- After years of surveillance, the authorities finally uncovered evidence that the businessman was secretly working as a foreign agent, compromising national security.
- The mysterious stranger was suspected of being a foreign agent, and the police were working to uncover her true identity and allegiances.
- Convicted of serving as a foreign agent, the former politician was sentenced to life in prison for betraying his country's trust and revealing state secrets.