operative
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈɑːpərətɪv/
- The agency recruited her as an operative to gather intelligence on enemy movements.
- intelligence operatives
- a CIA operative
- U.S. intelligence operatives
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Watch on YouTubeMy character is ACIA operative, and she's one of the best.
- My character is ACIA operative, and she's one of the best.
- My client was seen by undercover operatives go inside the house.
- You have to hide a paper clip from an FBI operative.
- Then they're on my team and it's like CIA operative.
- And the reason the FBI stepped back is because they knew that Oswald was ACI operative without a doubt.
- He had people around him, we found out who are actually deep cover intelligence operatives.
- Now we have intelligence agencies, FBI, that kind of thing, right, who have operatives that can, that can blend in.
- Ted's father was ACIA operative in Uganda, I believe, and Idi Amin murdered him.
- The scree pals the couple in in in the UK who were former FSBK, GB FSB operatives who were also poisoned.
- Talk to me about how a fund manager ends up becoming an operative for a anti child sex trafficking ring sting.
- And then we have the op ver operative, Rudolf Wagner, who has been posing as a Swedish businessman.
- Then she starts telling me that she has hit operatives.
- It was like the the knock list in Mission Impossible, but they a ton of could deep cover operatives were exposed.
Examples
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Mason was the British operative who stole the files.
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Was the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi perpetrated by al Qaeda operatives who had been secretly working with the CIA?
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You are a top operative under deep cover on your most important mission.
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Oh, by the way, two months ago. . . . . .we managed to place a female operative on the island.
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The person who was detected as a government operative would have let everyone down.
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My client was seen by undercover operatives go inside the house.
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Miss O'Shaughnessy is an operative in my employ since yesterday.
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Mr. Leary used to be one of our operatives.
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Off the record, Khamel was killed by a contract operative... ...hired independently by the CIA.
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He was a covert CIA operative working as an intermediary between the Russian and Greek Mafias.
Synonyms
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2.8
A person who helps and represents someone in business, legal, or official matters
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2.7
A police officer who investigates crimes and finds out what happened
661
3.4
A police officer who looks into crimes to find evidence
596
2.9
A person who secretly collects information for a government or company
186
3.5
A person allowed by law to do one specific task they are told to do
115
3.5
A person who works for the country's government to enforce laws and investigate crimes
75
3.7
A person hired to find facts about crimes or private matters who is not a police officer
65
3.4
A person who gathers hidden information for a government about enemies
35
3.4
A person who is not a police officer and is paid to investigate crimes
31
3.7
A person who works for the government to collect and report secret information about threats to the country
27
4.1
A person who works secretly for the police to gather information while hiding who they are
22
3.7
A person who works for the government and acts for it
16
3.0
A person who secretly works for a government to get information about the country's safety
14
3.7
A person hired to find missing people or information
1
5.8
A person who secretly gets information for another country or company
Compounds
A country in northeastern South America that became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966
How Covert
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2.9
27
4.1
65
3.4
204
7.3
168
5.6
- Specialized
31
3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Operative comes from the Latin root oper meaning 'work', the same root as operate and operator. It came to mean 'a person who carries out an operation', often a secret mission, so an operative is someone who works undercover.