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
Andy Lau and Tony Leung star in the story of a cop who goes undercover in a Triad while a criminal becomes a mole in the other direction at the same time.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
That’s not to say that right-wing populist moles can’t be whacked.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Not only do the guards outnumber the contestants, but the Front Man is a mole.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
The footage sets up a new season where Peter has gone AWOL after realizing a mole in the CIA is selling American intelligence to the highest bidder and enough weapons to wipe out Manhattan have landed in the wrong hands.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
That’s not to say that right-wing populist moles can’t be whacked.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Not only do the guards outnumber the contestants, but the Front Man is a mole.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
The footage sets up a new season where Peter has gone AWOL after realizing a mole in the CIA is selling American intelligence to the highest bidder and enough weapons to wipe out Manhattan have landed in the wrong hands.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mole
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The movie stars Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx as Emily and Matt, a pair of former CIA spies who traded their lives as operatives to start a family.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Until this week, the talks loomed as the major unfulfilled mission, or even failure, of his time leading the spy agency.—
Julian E. Barnes,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Many of those operatives were never really on board with the strategy of ditching governance in Gaza and turning to guerrilla combat.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2025
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That would mark a significant comeback, 15 years after many of the C.I.A.’s operatives in China were caught, and some executed.—
Julian E. Barnes,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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During Trump’s first term, immigration agents arrested people receiving emergency care in hospitals and a child during an ambulance transfer.—
Vanessa G Sánchez and Daniel Chang,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Republican lawmakers in Connecticut are pushing to roll back a state law that limits when law enforcement and correctional officers can cooperate with federal immigration agents.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Mole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mole. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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