FOREIGN AGENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does foreign agent mean? • FOREIGN AGENT (noun)
The noun FOREIGN AGENT has 1 sense:
1. a spy for a foreign country
Familiarity information: FOREIGN AGENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FOREIGN AGENT (noun)
Meaning:
A spy for a foreign country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("foreign agent" is a kind of...):
spy; undercover agent ((military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors)
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