Federal
Operative
Operative noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
Usage example: set in the 1930s, the novel is about a washed-out operative working for a third-rate detective agency
Federal and operative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Federal" instead a noun "Operative".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Joe ruins a federal sting operation, endangers a federal operative, and tramples all over his relationship with his father and brother and nearly gets his brother Frank killed as a result.
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Operative and Federal. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/federal/operative
Federal & Operative. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/federal/operative>.
Operative or Federal. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/federal/operative.
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