Agent and Dissident

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Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Dissident and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dissident" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Dissident noun - A person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs.

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Agent and dissident are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Dissident".

fellow	fellow agent	fellow dissident
dead	dead agent	dead dissident
actual	actual agent	actual dissident
young	young agent	young dissident
Other adjectives: greatest, communist, soviet.

In Britain Bulgaria remains synonymous with poisoned umbrellas, after a well-publicised incident in The '70s when a dissident was knocked off by a Bulgarian agent in London by this method.

Source: Useful Notes / Bulgaria
Slipping a Mickey: A KGB agent does this to a Polish dissident in order to frame him for rape in "Duty and Honor".

Source: Series / The Americans
However, there are noticeable exceptions: Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated in 1978 by a ricin-filled pellet, which may have been shot into his leg by a KGB agent using a modified umbrella.

Source: Poisoned Weapons

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