agente operativo

Definitions of agente operativo
  1. noun
    a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
    synonyms: agente de inteligencia, agente secreto
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    Margarete Gertrud Zelle
    Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917)
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    agente provocador
    a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
    espía
    (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
    agente doble
    a spy who works against enemy espionage
    agente de espionaje
    someone employed to spy on another country or business competitor
    agente exterior
    a spy for a foreign country
    infiltrado
    someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage
    type of:
    agente
    a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
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