Aides
Aides noun - (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone.
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Operatives and aides are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operatives" instead a noun "Aides".
Operatives
Aides and operatives are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aides" instead a noun "Operatives".
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- Can also lead to politicians not monitoring certain of their aides, advisors, and operatives too closely so that if they are doing anything improper and keeping it from them, they won't accidentally find out.
Source: Locked Out of the Loop - In politics, aides, advisors, and operatives often take actions without telling their boss— precisely so that if the situation does blow up in their faces, they can (truthfully) claim that they'd acted alone and their boss didn't know.
Source: Locked Out of the Loop
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