Agent and Spy

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Agent noun - A person who acts or does business for another.

Usage example: the sports agent negotiated a record-breaking contract for the baseball player

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Spy is a synonym for agent in investigate topic. In some cases you can use "Spy" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Spy noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.

Usage example: the government spy risked his life every day in the fight against global terrorism

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Agent is a synonym for spy in investigate topic. You can use "Agent" instead a noun "Spy".

Nearby Word: spying

fellow	fellow agent	fellow spy
good	good agent	good spy
female	female agent	female spy
best	best agent	best spy
Other adjectives: perfect, top, loyal, real, evil, black, rogue, young, trained, new, former, Nazi, retired, competent, undercover, captured, soviet, badass.

Amalia in City Of Chains, a Dragon Age II fanwork, is a Ben-Hassrath, a Qunari infiltration agent/spy/assassin type, and exceptionally good at it.

Source: Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training
Ada Wong, from the Resident Evil games alwasy appears as a mysterious spy/agent for a third party opposing Leon Kennedy, and almost invariably wearing a sexy red qipao dress.

Source: Anime Chinese Girl
Tekken also includes Raven, who's more a secret spy/agent with ninja stylings.

Source: Ninja

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