Dot
Dot noun - A small area that is different (as in color) from the main part.
Usage example: there was just a dot on the tablecloth where the food had spattered
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Nearby Word: dotty
Mole
Mole noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.
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Nearby Word: molar
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DS Matthew 'Dot' Cottan, who is revealed at the end of the first series to be crime boss Tommy's mole within Central Police, and has been from the very beginning. Sgt.
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Detective Mole: DS, and later DI Matthew "Dot" Cottan, the mole in Central Police who worked for Tommy Hunter, is promoted to the AC9 Witness Protection team at the end of series 1.
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