Undercover Agent (Noun)
Meaning
(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The military hired an undercover agent to infiltrate the enemy's headquarters and gather classified information.
- To gain an advantage in the market, the company employed an undercover agent to spy on their competitor's research and development team.
- The government dispatched an undercover agent to the foreign country to collect intelligence on their military capabilities.
- An undercover agent posing as a civilian worker managed to gather sensitive information from the enemy's base.
- A former soldier turned undercover agent was tasked with infiltrating a terrorist organization to gather crucial intel for the authorities.