Mole and Sleuth

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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Sleuth and mole are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sleuth" instead a noun "Mole".

Nearby Word: molar

Sleuth noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.

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Mole and sleuth are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mole" instead a noun "Sleuth".

Nearby Word: sleuthing

actual	actual mole	actual sleuth
titular	titular mole	titular sleuth

When she narrates the deed to the Amateur Sleuth, he, by being a Mystery Writer Detective, says This Is Reality and nobody could do something like that, so the detective is really a Detective Mole.

Source: Sherlock Scan

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