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
This week’s episode of Apple TV+’s Severance not only featured the dramatic unmasking of a mole, followed by the termination of an MDR vet.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
Long-term decline Almost nothing is currently known about the population health of marsupial moles.
—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
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Feb. 2025
Long-term decline Almost nothing is currently known about the population health of marsupial moles.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mole
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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
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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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After being asked by the FBI employee, Pang also agreed to provide two US military uniforms for operatives to wear inside the base during the attack, and a cell phone that could be used as a test for a detonator, court documents say.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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So the big reveal on the Epstein Files is that SOME of them were given to a group of right-wing social media operatives?—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Caro Quintero was released when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of DEA agent Camarena.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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The show follows a Secret Service agent caught in a web of conspiracy after the U.S. president is assassinated, with no suspect in sight.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Mole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mole. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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