Agent
Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.
Usage example: the Church has been the traditional agent for social justice in impoverished countries
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Synonyms for Agent
Tool is a synonym for agent in measure topic. In some cases you can use "Tool" instead a noun "Agent", when it comes to topics like means.
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- Likewise, he's known for fair business dealings because he doesn't need to do anything shady, but he doesn't especially care that his apprentice and agent gets his rocks off on rape and uses his magic to rig cockfights, except that they show him to be a complete tool and unfit to be a Master.
Source: Unscrupulous Hero - In many ways, he's the tool's tool - actively confounding the crime-solving efforts of Agent Starling and working toward his own demise at the hands of Dr. Lecter.
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Secret agent turned vigilante Robert McCall is shown to have one of these hidden behind a tool board in his apartment.
Source: Wall of Weapons
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