as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
for years we have had a mole in the enemy's national intelligence agency
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Recent Examples of mole
Long-term decline Almost nothing is currently known about the population health of marsupial moles.
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Charles Feigin / The Conversation, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
Daniel Solis, the FBI mole whose undercover work led to charges against both Burke and then-House Speaker Michael Madigan, whose own racketeering trial is now in the hands of a jury.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Following season 2's dramatic ending, which unveiled part of a plot to steal the presidency, Basso agrees to be Catherine's mole.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Tracing the mole’s evolutionary heritage For years the marsupial mole’s strange, specialised traits have frustrated attempts to determine precisely who its closest relatives actually are.
—Charles Feigin / The Conversation, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
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Charles Feigin / The Conversation, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
Daniel Solis, the FBI mole whose undercover work led to charges against both Burke and then-House Speaker Michael Madigan, whose own racketeering trial is now in the hands of a jury.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Following season 2's dramatic ending, which unveiled part of a plot to steal the presidency, Basso agrees to be Catherine's mole.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Tracing the mole’s evolutionary heritage For years the marsupial mole’s strange, specialised traits have frustrated attempts to determine precisely who its closest relatives actually are.
—Charles Feigin / The Conversation, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mole
Noun
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First came Witness by the American journalist Whittaker Chambers, a former communist and Soviet spy who eventually broke with the party and became a political conservative.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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The titular protagonist is a former military spy turned maverick detective and, importantly, bookshop owner.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Capone was holed up in Florida at the time but is believed to have sent four assassins to take out Moran and his operatives.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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Law enforcement officials warned Trump last year that Tehran had placed operatives in the U.S. with access to surface-to-air missiles.—
Alex Isenstadt,
Axios,
9 Feb. 2025
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Sports Listen to this article 1 of 24 Originally Published: February 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM EST Most Popular Most Popular Federal agents are rounding up migrants in Florida, but specifics are spotty.—
Stephen M. Dowell,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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One is focused on the agent, while the other stares at the man being scanned.—
Vicky Hallett,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Mole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mole. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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