Definition of Espionage agent

1. Noun. Someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor.

Generic synonyms: Spy, Undercover Agent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Espionage Agent

esperance
esperances
esperanzaite
esperium
espers
espial
espials
espied
espiegle
espieglerie
espiegleries
espies
espinel
espinels
espionage
espionage agent (current term)
espionage network
espionages
esplanade
esplanaded
esplanades
esplees
espontoon
espontoons
espousage
espousal
espousals
espouse
espoused

Literary usage of Espionage agent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners by Robin Munro, Mickey Spiegel, Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) (1994)
"... (case tried separately), to meet on two occasions at his father's home with SU * tang (died of illness in December 1980), an undercover espionage agent. ..."

2. Afghanistan: First Five Years of Soviet Occupation by J. Bruce Amstutz (1994)
"The charge that Amin had been an American espionage agent became a major propaganda theme; it repeatedly was used by the Babrak regime during its ..."

3. The Secret War: The Office of Strategic Services in World War II edited by George C. Chalou (1995)
"The second espionage agent, Peter Tompkins, was selected by Donovan to land on the seacoast of Italy and help the Italian partisans sabotage German ..."

4. Cry of the Phoenix by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"The US State Department noted in 1932 that Armand was an espionage agent for Stalin. Today, at age 90, this “one-man bridge to Moscow” circles the globe, ..."

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