CIA

Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency

(espionage) CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)


ROI

(military, espionage) Initialism of region of interest.


shadowing

en-noun

shadowing (countable and uncountable, plural shadowings)

(espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.


proprietary

From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).

For all practical purposes, the proprietaries conduct their own financial affairs with a minimum of oversight from CIA headquarters.

1975, Victor Marchetti, John D. Marks, The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence, page 159:

The “operating proprietaries” actually do business as private firms. They are incorporated where they are officed, they file the applicable state and federal tax returns, and they obtain the licenses necessary to a legitimate business operation.

2013, Joseph Goulden, The Dictionary of Espionage: Spyspeak into English, page 175:

(espionage) A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage.


company

company (countable and uncountable, plural companies)

→ Hindi: कंपनी (kampnī)

desc

→ Hokkien: 公班衙 (kong-pan-gêe / kong-pan-gê)

→ Malay: kompeni

→ Scottish Gaelic: companaidh

→ Swahili: kampuni

From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion.
Displaced native Old English werod, gefer, getæl, and hired.

inh

who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl

you don't dip your pen in company ink

don't fish off the company dock, you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell, you don't fish off the company pier

As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company.

A team; a group of people who work together professionally.

(espionage, informal) An intelligence service.


CI

en-noun

CI (countable and uncountable, plural CIs)

(espionage) Initialism of counterintelligence.


burn

en-verb

burn (third-person singular simple present burns, present participle burning, simple past and past participle burned or (mostly Commonwealth) burnt or (obsolete) brent)

burns (present singular third-person)
burning (participle present)
burned (participle past)
burned (past)
burnt (Commonwealth participle past)
burnt (Commonwealth past)
brent (obsolete participle past)
brent (obsolete past)
burn (infinitive)

Sranan Tongo: bron

Aukan: boon

From Middle English bernen, birnen, from Old English birnan (“to burn”), metathesis from Proto-West Germanic *brinnan, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-, present stem from *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of brew.
See also Middle Irish brennim (“drink up”), bruinnim (“bubble up”); also Middle Irish bréo (“flame”), Albanian burth (“Cyclamen hederifolium, mouth burning”), Sanskrit भुरति (bhurati, “moves quickly, twitches, fidgets”). More at brew.

verbranden

chemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent

He had already burned his cover with Mrs. Phillips, and it was not a mistake he intended to make again.

Eventually they'd report back to Ryker, and he still didn't know if Ryker had personally burned his cover and sent assassins after him, or if the SSU had a mole. Until he knew for certain, he had to play this safe.

2013, Vanessa Kier, Vengeance: The SSU Book 1:

(transitive, espionage) To compromise (an agent's cover story).

"How does Leipzig burn him precisely?" Enderby insisted. "What's the pressure? Dirty pix—well, okay. Karla's a puritan, so's Kirov. But I mean, Christ, this isn't the fifties, is it? […]


cover

en-noun

cover (countable and uncountable, plural covers)

→ Hijazi Arabic: كَڤَر (kavar)

→ Portuguese: cover

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Old Latin com
Latin cum
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Latin operiō
Latin cooperiō
Old French covrirbor.
Middle English coveren
English cover
From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“I cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“I close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)).
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir (“to cover”).

cog

throw nickels around like manhole covers

(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.

peitetarina

espionage: persona maintained by an operative


asset

Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.


mole

From Middle English molle (“mole”), molde, mole, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mulaz, *mulhaz (“mole, salamander”), from Proto-Indo-European *molg-, *molk- (“slug, salamander”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)melw- (“to grind, crush, beat”).
Cognate with North Frisian mull (“mole”), Saterland Frisian molle (“mole”), Dutch mol (“mole”), Low German Mol, Mul (“mole”), German Molch (“salamander, newt”), Old Russian смолжь (smolžʹ, “snail”), Czech mlž (“clam”).
Derivation as an abbreviation of Middle English molewarpe, a variation of moldewarpe, moldwerp (“mole”) in Middle English is unexplained and probably unlikely due to the simultaneous occurrence of both words. See mouldwarp.

der

(espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.


treff

The Moscow experts on treffs perform their duty with ponderous, often ridiculous, awkwardness. Before the atomic spy Allan Nunn May left Canada to go to London, a treff in London had to be arranged for him and another agent.

1955, David J. Dallin, Soviet Espionage, page 495:


double agent

Coordinate term: triple agent

(espionage) A spy who pretends to work for one side, when they are actually working for or passing information to the other.


double

en-verb

double (third-person singular simple present doubles, present participle doubling, simple past and past participle doubled)

doubles (present singular third-person)
doubling (participle present)
doubled (participle past)
doubled (past)

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.

Was this simply the cover name of an Allied spy-code named the Brass Monkey? […] The possibility that the Brass Monkey himself was "doubling" (with headquarters' approval, of course) is too logical […]

(espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.


ghost

en-noun

ghost (countable and uncountable, plural ghosts)

→ Japanese: ゴースト (gōsuto)

Inherited from Middle English gost, from Old English gāst (which was the word for “spirit” as well as “ghost”; the original sense survives in Modern English Holy Ghost), from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysdos, derived from *ǵʰéysd- (“anger, agitation”).
The ⟨h⟩ in the spelling appears in the Prologue to William Caxton's Royal Book, printed in 1484, in a reference to the ‘Holy Ghoost’, likely introduced by Caxton's assistant, Wynkyn de Worde, as a result of Flemish influence, where it was spelled gheest at the time. Doublet of geist.

(espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.


agent

csb-noun

agent m inan (female equivalent agentka)

(espionage) agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)


agent

pl-noun

agent m pers (female equivalent agentka, diminutive agencik or agenciak)

agentka (feminine)
agencik (diminutive)
agenciak (diminutive)
agent (nominative singular)
agenci (nominative plural)
agenty (derogatory nominative plural)
agenta (genitive singular)
agentów (genitive plural)
agentowi (dative singular)
agentom (dative plural)
agenta (accusative singular)
agentów (accusative plural)
agentem (instrumental singular)
agentami (instrumental plural)
agencie (locative singular)
agentach (locative plural)
agencie (singular vocative)
agenci (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Agent, from French agent, from Middle French agent, from Latin agēns. Doublet of agens. First attested in 1609.

(espionage) officer, peeper, secret agent


Romeo

From Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).

der

(espionage) A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women.


resident

From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), equivalent to reside + -ent, from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“I sit”). Doublet of resiant and rezident. The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént).

semantic loan

(espionage) Alternative form of rezident


ninja

ninja (nominative singular)
ninjowie (nominative plural)
ninje (derogatory nominative plural)
ninji (genitive singular)
ninjów (genitive plural)
ninji (dative singular)
ninjom (dative plural)
ninję (accusative singular)
ninjów (accusative plural)
ninje (accusative derogatory plural)
ninją (instrumental singular)
ninjami (instrumental plural)
ninji (locative singular)
ninjach (locative plural)
ninjo (singular vocative)
ninjowie (plural vocative)
ninje (derogatory plural vocative)

Coordinate term: ninjutsu

(espionage, historical, martial arts) ninja (person trained in ninjutsu, especially one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period)


willy

(espionage) A person who is manipulated into serving as a useful agent without knowing it.


surveillance

en-noun

surveillance (countable and uncountable, plural surveillances)

Unadapted borrowing from French surveillance (“a watching over, overseeing, supervision”), from surveiller (“to watch, oversee”), from sur- (“over”) + veiller (“to watch”), from Middle French, from Old French veillier (“to stay awake”), from Latin vigilāre, present active infinitive of vigilō (“I am watchful”). More at vigilant.

ubor

The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.

2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23:

Cook was making an impassioned plea to end the technology industry’s collection and sale of user data. “This is surveillance,” he continued.

2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, quoting Tim Cook, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic:

(military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.


spook

Borrowed from Dutch spook (“ghost”), from Middle Dutch spooc (“spook, ghost”). Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, spûk (“apparition, ghost”), Middle High German gespük (“a haunting”), German Spuk, Danish spøge (“to haunt”), Swedish spöke (“ghost”). Doublet of puck.

cog

From Ian Fleming to John Le Carre - authors have long been fascinated by the world of espionage. But, asks the BBC’s Gordon Corera, what do real life spooks make of fictional spies?

2009 July 24, “Spies like them”, in BBC News Magazine:

The congressional study frets that Huawei’s and ZTE’s products could be used as Trojan horses by Chinese spooks.

2012 October 13, “Huawei and ZTE: Put on hold”, in The Economist:

(espionage, slang) An undercover agent or spy.


illegal

Borrowed from French illégal, from Medieval Latin illegalis, from Latin legalis, by surface analysis, il- + legal. In senses relating to immigration, via clipping from illegal alien or illegal immigrant.

Anna Chapman, whose glamorous appearance won her more publicity in the Western media than all the other illegals combined, was so successfully deceived by a US sting operation that she handed over her SVR laptop to an FBI agent posing as a Russian.

2012, Christopher Andrew, ‘Colder War’, Literary Review, number 399:

Traditionally, illegals have been extremely hard for counterintelligence agencies to find, but in a world of biometric data, facial recognition software and open source investigation possibilities, it has become harder for Russia to keep its illegals below the radar.

2022 August 26, Shaun Walker, “Socialite who charmed Nato staff in Naples was Russian spy, say investigators”, in The Guardian:

(espionage) A spy operating abroad illegally and under non-official cover, without visible ties to his or her country’s authorities.


measles

en-noun

measles pl (normally plural, singular measle)

Either from Middle Dutch masels (“blood blisters, measels”) or Middle Low German maselen (“red blemishes, measels”), both from Old High German masala (“blood blister, phlegmon”). Doublet of measlings. Cognate with mazer & mase and Middle Low German masele & māsel. Influenced in pronunciation and some senses by mesel (“leprous, leper”).

der

[…] they would prefer having him "die of the measles," as wags at the CIA put it, than be punished by legal means. If there is no convenient way of administering the "measles," they may even favor simply letting him go.

1975, Miles Copeland, Beyond Cloak and Dagger: Inside the CIA, page 204:

Such final solutions, sometimes referred to as termination with extreme prejudice, are known in the CIA as dying of the measles — that is, the death appears to be of natural causes.

1977, Raymond Edward Palmer, The Making of a Spy, page 99:

(US, espionage jargon) A discreet assassination made to look like death from any natural cause.


open-source

open-source intelligence

The ramifications of disinformation spill on to the streets with tangible, often devastating real-world consequences. These processes were already under way in 2014, when I founded the open-source investigative group Bellingcat.

2023 December 16, Eliot Higgins, “Moment of truth”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:

(espionage) Relying on publicly available information (open sources).


open source

Compound of open + source, coined by Christine Peterson in 1998 for software as an umbrella term to encompass existing concepts such as free software, freedomware, and sourceware.

(espionage) Information that is in the public domain and available to everybody.


residence

en-noun

residence (countable and uncountable, plural residences)

From Middle English residence, from Old French residence, from Medieval Latin residentia, from residēns, present participle of resideō, equivalent to reside + -ence.


controller

/kənˈtɹəʊlə/

From Middle English countreroller, from Anglo-Norman contreroulour and Middle French contreroleur (French contrôleur), from Medieval Latin contrārotulātor, from *contrārotulāre (from which control). By surface analysis, control + -er.

(espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.


intel

Intel is important in espionage.

We have reason to believe one of our people is giving intel to the enemy. Hit an enemy communication center and get us a name.

2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Identify the Spy:

(especially espionage and military) intelligence (secret information)


ninjutsu

Unadapted borrowing from English ninjutsu.

ubor

Coordinate term: ninja

(espionage, historical, martial arts) ninjutsu (Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering information, nondetection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques)


honeypot

From Middle English hwny pott; equivalent to honey + pot.

And the American Embassy in Moscow was infiltrated thanks to “honeypots,” Soviet women who seduced Marine guards.

1989, The Washingtonian, volume 24, page 25:

Perhaps in order to create his own, more controlled environment for debaucherie, he set up a house of prostitution with Gestapo funds, justifying it as a "honeypot" with which to ensnare unsuspecting foreign diplomats.

1996, John H. Waller, The Unseen War in Europe: Espionage and Conspiracy in the Second World War, Random House, →ISBN, page 226:

The NKVD uses attractive ballerinas for honeypot espionage.

2004, Richard C.S. Trahair, Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 353:

(figuratively) Something or someone similarly sweet or enticing, particularly:

(espionage) A spy (typically attractive and female) who uses sex to trap and blackmail a target.


residency

en-noun

residency (countable and uncountable, plural residencies)


U

en-adj

U (not generally comparable, comparative Uer, superlative Uest)

An abbreviation of a word or term beginning with the letter U. Adjective sense 1 (“characteristic of the upper classes”) was coined by British linguist Alan S. C. Ross (1907–1980) in a 1954 article, and popularized by the English journalist and writer Nancy Mitford (1904–1973).

(not comparable, education, espionage) Usually in parentheses: abbreviation of unclassified.


Wanze

Wanze (genitive)
Wanzen (plural)
Wanze (nominative singular)
Wanzen (definite nominative plural)
Wanze (genitive singular)
Wanzen (definite genitive plural)
Wanze (dative singular)
Wanzen (dative definite plural)
Wanze (accusative singular)
Wanzen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German wanze, formed with the contractive suffix -ze (cf. Spatz, Heinz) from older Middle and Old High German wantlūs (“bug”, literally “wall louse”), equivalent to Wand + Laus.


tradecraft

en-noun

tradecraft (countable and uncountable, plural tradecrafts)

(espionage) The methods used in espionage and clandestine operations.


backstop

[…] to be set up in Indonesia with a phony book and school supplies company established in New York City as a backstop.

1976, Joseph Burkholder Smith, Portrait of a Cold Warrior, page 116:

Closely representing an alibi, creating a backstop could involve such measures as having people available to verify the details of an agent's cover story.

1990, Bruce W. Watson, Susan M. Watson, Gerald W. Hopple, United States intelligence: an encyclopedia, page 1974:

(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.


flutter

en-verb

flutter (third-person singular simple present flutters, present participle fluttering, simple past and past participle fluttered)

flutters (present singular third-person)
fluttering (participle present)
fluttered (participle past)
fluttered (past)

From Middle English floteren, from Old English floterian, flotorian (“to float about, flutter”), from Proto-Germanic *flutrōną, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), equivalent to float + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with West Frisian flodderje (“to flutter, beat”), Dutch flodderen (“to flutter, wave”), Low German fluttern, fluddern (“to flutter”), German flittern (“to sparkle, glitter”). More at float.

cog

This was the first time that Nosenko had been subjected to a lie detector — or what the CIA called fluttering. The Soviet Union did not use such devices for interrogation.

1978, Edward Jay Epstein, Legend: The Secret World of Lee Harvey Oswald, page 38:

"Anyway, she cracked and we fluttered her and—" / "Fluttered her?" / "Sorry, gave her a polygraph, a lie detector test. And she passed, more or less, […]

(espionage, slang) To subject to a lie detector test.


backstory

From back- (prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’) + story.

prefix

(chiefly espionage, law enforcement) A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives.


sneaky

[…] in cooperation with the National Security Agency, installs and maintains "sneakies" throughout the U.S.S.R. and Communist China — but increasingly, denied areas are surveyed more simply.

1974, Miles Copeland, Without cloak or dagger: the truth about the new espionage, page 244:

[…] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.

1991, Chapman Pincher, The Truth about Dirty Tricks:

(espionage, slang) Any device used for covert surveillance.


情報

/t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ pou̯³³/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² po²¹/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² po⁴¹/

/t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² po²¹/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ po¹¹/

/t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ pɤ²¹/

/t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ po²¹³/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ pou̯³³/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² po²¹/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² po⁴¹/

/t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² po²¹/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ po¹¹/

/t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ pɤ²¹/

/t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ po²¹³/

(military, espionage) information; intelligence (Classifier: 份)


cousins

From cousin + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense forms of verbs).
The plural noun sense 1 (“American or British intelligence services”) was popularized in the works of the English author John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell; 1930–2020).

suffix

[T]he grounded fieldmen, the trainers and the case officers who made their own murmured caucus always – they saw the question solely in operational terms. […] They saw the shotgun marriage with the Cousins as just another skilful bit of tradecraft in a long and delicate poker game.

1977, John le Carré [pseudonym; David John Moore Cornwell], chapter I, in The Honourable Schoolboy, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 16:

(espionage, slang) The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).


cârtiță

cârtițe (plural)
cârtiță (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
o cârtiță (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cârtița (accusative definite nominative singular)
cârtițe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
niște cârtițe (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cârtițele (accusative definite nominative plural)
cârtițe (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unei cârtițe (dative genitive indefinite singular)
cârtiței (dative definite genitive singular)
cârtițe (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unor cârtițe (dative genitive indefinite plural)
cârtițelor (dative definite genitive plural)
cârtiță (singular vocative)
cârtițo (singular vocative)
cârtițelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian къртица (kǎrtica), from Proto-Slavic *krъtica, from *krъtъ (“mole”). Compare Serbo-Croatian krtica.


SDR

en-noun

SDR (countable and uncountable, plural SDRs)

(espionage) Initialism of surveillance detection route.


code name

(business, espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality.

代號

name used to clandestinely identify something


turn around

en-verb

turn around (third-person singular simple present turns around, present participle turning around, simple past and past participle turned around)

turns around (present singular third-person)
turning around (participle present)
turned around (participle past)
turned around (past)

kääntää

idiomatic: to effect a positive reversal of a trend

Some months ago, the Captain had come to the FBI with a story that he had been contacted by Soviet agents, and the FBI had “turned him around” and used him to plant false and specially made up classified material of no importance on the Soviets.

2014, Joseph DiMona, To the Eagle's Nest:

(transitive, espionage) To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.


NOC

en-noun

NOC (countable and uncountable, plural NOCs)


sinology

From sino- (“China”) + -logy (“study of”).

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

(Cold War, politics, espionage) The study of the internal politics of the high members of the government of the People's Republic of China.


legenda

legendowy (adjective)
legenda (nominative singular)
legendy (nominative plural)
legendy (genitive singular)
legend (genitive plural)
legendzie (dative singular)
legendom (dative plural)
legendę (accusative singular)
legendy (accusative plural)
legendą (instrumental singular)
legendami (instrumental plural)
legendzie (locative singular)
legendach (locative plural)
legendo (singular vocative)
legendy (plural vocative)

Internationalism; compare English legend, French légende, German Legende, ultimately from Medieval Latin legenda.

(espionage, slang) legend (fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records)


FSB

From Russian ФСБ (FSB), initialism of Федеральная Служба Безопасности (Federalʹnaja Služba Bezopasnosti, “Federal Security Service”).

Possible victims included Roman Tsepov, Putin’s bodyguard in 1990s St Petersburg, who died after drinking tea in 2004 at a local FSB office.

2020 August 20, Luke Harding, “Alexei Navalny and the long history of poisoned Kremlin critics”, in The Guardian:

(initialism, Russia, politics, espionage, law enforcement) The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.


konspirativ

de-adj

konspirativ (strong nominative masculine singular konspirativer, comparative konspirativer, superlative am konspirativsten)

konspirativer (masculine nominative singular strong)
konspirativer (comparative)
am konspirativsten (superlative)
konspirativ (masculine predicative singular)
konspirativ (feminine predicative singular)
konspirativ (neuter predicative singular)
konspirativ (plural predicative)
konspirativer (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
konspirative (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
konspiratives (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
konspirative (nominative plural strong without-article)
konspirativen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
konspirativer (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
konspirativen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
konspirativer (genitive plural strong without-article)
konspirativem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
konspirativer (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
konspirativem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
konspirativen (dative plural strong without-article)
konspirativen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
konspirative (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
konspiratives (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
konspirative (accusative plural strong without-article)
der konspirative (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die konspirative (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das konspirative (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die konspirativen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des konspirativen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der konspirativen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des konspirativen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der konspirativen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem konspirativen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der konspirativen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem konspirativen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den konspirativen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den konspirativen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die konspirative (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das konspirative (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die konspirativen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein konspirativer (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine konspirative (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein konspiratives (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
konspirativen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine konspirativen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines konspirativen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer konspirativen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines konspirativen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
konspirativen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner konspirativen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem konspirativen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer konspirativen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem konspirativen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
konspirativen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen konspirativen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen konspirativen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine konspirative (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein konspiratives (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
konspirativen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine konspirativen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
konspirativer (comparative masculine predicative singular)
konspirativer (comparative feminine predicative singular)
konspirativer (comparative neuter predicative singular)
konspirativer (comparative plural predicative)
konspirativerer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
konspirativere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
konspirativeres (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
konspirativere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
konspirativeren (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
konspirativerer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
konspirativeren (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
konspirativerer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
konspirativerem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
konspirativerer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
konspirativerem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
konspirativeren (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
konspirativeren (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
konspirativere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
konspirativeres (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
konspirativere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der konspirativere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die konspirativere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das konspirativere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die konspirativeren (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des konspirativeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der konspirativeren (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des konspirativeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der konspirativeren (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem konspirativeren (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der konspirativeren (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem konspirativeren (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den konspirativeren (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den konspirativeren (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die konspirativere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das konspirativere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die konspirativeren (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein konspirativerer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine konspirativere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein konspirativeres (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
konspirativeren (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine konspirativeren (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines konspirativeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer konspirativeren (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines konspirativeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
konspirativeren (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner konspirativeren (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem konspirativeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer konspirativeren (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem konspirativeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
konspirativeren (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen konspirativeren (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen konspirativeren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine konspirativere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein konspirativeres (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
konspirativeren (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine konspirativeren (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am konspirativsten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am konspirativsten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am konspirativsten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am konspirativsten (plural predicative superlative)
konspirativster (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativstes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
konspirativsten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativster (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativsten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativster (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
konspirativstem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativster (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativstem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativsten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
konspirativsten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativstes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
konspirativste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der konspirativste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die konspirativste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das konspirativste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die konspirativsten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des konspirativsten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der konspirativsten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des konspirativsten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der konspirativsten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem konspirativsten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der konspirativsten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem konspirativsten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den konspirativsten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den konspirativsten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die konspirativste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das konspirativste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die konspirativsten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein konspirativster (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine konspirativste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein konspirativstes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
konspirativsten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine konspirativsten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines konspirativsten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer konspirativsten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines konspirativsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
konspirativsten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner konspirativsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem konspirativsten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer konspirativsten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem konspirativsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
konspirativsten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen konspirativsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen konspirativsten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine konspirativste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein konspirativstes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
konspirativsten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine konspirativsten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)

(especially espionage, also crime) covert, secret, conspiratory, conspirational


postilaatikko

postilaatikko (nominative singular)
postilaatikot (nominative plural)
postilaatikko (accusative nominative singular)
postilaatikot (accusative nominative plural)
postilaatikon (accusative genitive singular)
postilaatikot (accusative genitive plural)
postilaatikon (genitive singular)
postilaatikkojen (genitive plural)
postilaatikoiden (genitive plural)
postilaatikoitten (genitive plural)
postilaatikkoa (partitive singular)
postilaatikkoja (partitive plural)
postilaatikoita (partitive plural)
postilaatikossa (inessive singular)
postilaatikoissa (inessive plural)
postilaatikosta (elative singular)
postilaatikoista (elative plural)
postilaatikkoon (illative singular)
postilaatikkoihin (illative plural)
postilaatikoihin (illative plural)
postilaatikolla (adessive singular)
postilaatikoilla (adessive plural)
postilaatikolta (ablative singular)
postilaatikoilta (ablative plural)
postilaatikolle (allative singular)
postilaatikoille (allative plural)
postilaatikkona (essive singular)
postilaatikkoina (essive plural)
postilaatikoksi (singular translative)
postilaatikoiksi (plural translative)
postilaatikotta (abessive singular)
postilaatikoitta (abessive plural)
postilaatikoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
postilaatikkoni (nominative singular)
postilaatikkoni (nominative plural)
postilaatikkoni (accusative nominative singular)
postilaatikkoni (accusative nominative plural)
postilaatikkoni (accusative genitive singular)
postilaatikkoni (accusative genitive plural)
postilaatikkoni (genitive singular)
postilaatikkojeni (genitive plural)
postilaatikoideni (genitive plural)
postilaatikoitteni (genitive plural)
postilaatikkoani (partitive singular)
postilaatikkojani (partitive plural)
postilaatikoitani (partitive plural)
postilaatikossani (inessive singular)
postilaatikoissani (inessive plural)
postilaatikostani (elative singular)
postilaatikoistani (elative plural)
postilaatikkooni (illative singular)
postilaatikkoihini (illative plural)
postilaatikoihini (illative plural)
postilaatikollani (adessive singular)
postilaatikoillani (adessive plural)
postilaatikoltani (ablative singular)
postilaatikoiltani (ablative plural)
postilaatikolleni (allative singular)
postilaatikoilleni (allative plural)
postilaatikkonani (essive singular)
postilaatikkoinani (essive plural)
postilaatikokseni (singular translative)
postilaatikoikseni (plural translative)
postilaatikottani (abessive singular)
postilaatikoittani (abessive plural)
postilaatikkoineni (comitative plural)
postilaatikkosi (nominative singular)
postilaatikkosi (nominative plural)
postilaatikkosi (accusative nominative singular)
postilaatikkosi (accusative nominative plural)
postilaatikkosi (accusative genitive singular)
postilaatikkosi (accusative genitive plural)
postilaatikkosi (genitive singular)
postilaatikkojesi (genitive plural)
postilaatikoidesi (genitive plural)
postilaatikoittesi (genitive plural)
postilaatikkoasi (partitive singular)
postilaatikkojasi (partitive plural)
postilaatikoitasi (partitive plural)
postilaatikossasi (inessive singular)
postilaatikoissasi (inessive plural)
postilaatikostasi (elative singular)
postilaatikoistasi (elative plural)
postilaatikkoosi (illative singular)
postilaatikkoihisi (illative plural)
postilaatikoihisi (illative plural)
postilaatikollasi (adessive singular)
postilaatikoillasi (adessive plural)
postilaatikoltasi (ablative singular)
postilaatikoiltasi (ablative plural)
postilaatikollesi (allative singular)
postilaatikoillesi (allative plural)
postilaatikkonasi (essive singular)
postilaatikkoinasi (essive plural)
postilaatikoksesi (singular translative)
postilaatikoiksesi (plural translative)
postilaatikottasi (abessive singular)
postilaatikoittasi (abessive plural)
postilaatikkoinesi (comitative plural)
postilaatikkomme (nominative singular)
postilaatikkomme (nominative plural)
postilaatikkomme (accusative nominative singular)
postilaatikkomme (accusative nominative plural)
postilaatikkomme (accusative genitive singular)
postilaatikkomme (accusative genitive plural)
postilaatikkomme (genitive singular)
postilaatikkojemme (genitive plural)
postilaatikoidemme (genitive plural)
postilaatikoittemme (genitive plural)
postilaatikkoamme (partitive singular)
postilaatikkojamme (partitive plural)
postilaatikoitamme (partitive plural)
postilaatikossamme (inessive singular)
postilaatikoissamme (inessive plural)
postilaatikostamme (elative singular)
postilaatikoistamme (elative plural)
postilaatikkoomme (illative singular)
postilaatikkoihimme (illative plural)
postilaatikoihimme (illative plural)
postilaatikollamme (adessive singular)
postilaatikoillamme (adessive plural)
postilaatikoltamme (ablative singular)
postilaatikoiltamme (ablative plural)
postilaatikollemme (allative singular)
postilaatikoillemme (allative plural)
postilaatikkonamme (essive singular)
postilaatikkoinamme (essive plural)
postilaatikoksemme (singular translative)
postilaatikoiksemme (plural translative)
postilaatikottamme (abessive singular)
postilaatikoittamme (abessive plural)
postilaatikkoinemme (comitative plural)
postilaatikkonne (nominative singular)
postilaatikkonne (nominative plural)
postilaatikkonne (accusative nominative singular)
postilaatikkonne (accusative nominative plural)
postilaatikkonne (accusative genitive singular)
postilaatikkonne (accusative genitive plural)
postilaatikkonne (genitive singular)
postilaatikkojenne (genitive plural)
postilaatikoidenne (genitive plural)
postilaatikoittenne (genitive plural)
postilaatikkoanne (partitive singular)
postilaatikkojanne (partitive plural)
postilaatikoitanne (partitive plural)
postilaatikossanne (inessive singular)
postilaatikoissanne (inessive plural)
postilaatikostanne (elative singular)
postilaatikoistanne (elative plural)
postilaatikkoonne (illative singular)
postilaatikkoihinne (illative plural)
postilaatikoihinne (illative plural)
postilaatikollanne (adessive singular)
postilaatikoillanne (adessive plural)
postilaatikoltanne (ablative singular)
postilaatikoiltanne (ablative plural)
postilaatikollenne (allative singular)
postilaatikoillenne (allative plural)
postilaatikkonanne (essive singular)
postilaatikkoinanne (essive plural)
postilaatikoksenne (singular translative)
postilaatikoiksenne (plural translative)
postilaatikottanne (abessive singular)
postilaatikoittanne (abessive plural)
postilaatikkoinenne (comitative plural)
postilaatikkonsa (nominative singular)
postilaatikkonsa (nominative plural)
postilaatikkonsa (accusative nominative singular)
postilaatikkonsa (accusative nominative plural)
postilaatikkonsa (accusative genitive singular)
postilaatikkonsa (accusative genitive plural)
postilaatikkonsa (genitive singular)
postilaatikkojensa (genitive plural)
postilaatikoidensa (genitive plural)
postilaatikoittensa (genitive plural)
postilaatikkoaan (partitive singular)
postilaatikkoansa (partitive singular)
postilaatikkojaan (partitive plural)
postilaatikoitaan (partitive plural)
postilaatikkojansa (partitive plural)
postilaatikoitansa (partitive plural)
postilaatikossaan (inessive singular)
postilaatikossansa (inessive singular)
postilaatikoissaan (inessive plural)
postilaatikoissansa (inessive plural)
postilaatikostaan (elative singular)
postilaatikostansa (elative singular)
postilaatikoistaan (elative plural)
postilaatikoistansa (elative plural)
postilaatikkoonsa (illative singular)
postilaatikkoihinsa (illative plural)
postilaatikoihinsa (illative plural)
postilaatikollaan (adessive singular)
postilaatikollansa (adessive singular)
postilaatikoillaan (adessive plural)
postilaatikoillansa (adessive plural)
postilaatikoltaan (ablative singular)
postilaatikoltansa (ablative singular)
postilaatikoiltaan (ablative plural)
postilaatikoiltansa (ablative plural)
postilaatikolleen (allative singular)
postilaatikollensa (allative singular)
postilaatikoilleen (allative plural)
postilaatikoillensa (allative plural)
postilaatikkonaan (essive singular)
postilaatikkonansa (essive singular)
postilaatikkoinaan (essive plural)
postilaatikkoinansa (essive plural)
postilaatikokseen (singular translative)
postilaatikoksensa (singular translative)
postilaatikoikseen (plural translative)
postilaatikoiksensa (plural translative)
postilaatikottaan (abessive singular)
postilaatikottansa (abessive singular)
postilaatikoittaan (abessive plural)
postilaatikoittansa (abessive plural)
postilaatikkoineen (comitative plural)
postilaatikkoinensa (comitative plural)


agentura

agenturka (diminutive)
agentura (nominative singular)
agentury (nominative plural)
agentury (genitive singular)
agentur (genitive plural)
agenturze (dative singular)
agenturom (dative plural)
agenturę (accusative singular)
agentury (accusative plural)
agenturą (instrumental singular)
agenturami (instrumental plural)
agenturze (locative singular)
agenturach (locative plural)
agenturo (singular vocative)
agentury (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Agentur. By surface analysis, agent + -ura. First attested in 1811.


skygge

head

skygge (imperative skyg, infinitive at skygge, present tense skygger, past tense skyggede, perfect tense har skygget)

skyg (imperative)
at skygge (infinitive)
skygger (present)
skyggede (past)
har skygget (perfect)

From Old Norse skyggja, derived from the noun skuggi.

(espionage) to shadow, to covertly follow


mouchard

fr-noun

mouchard m (plural mouchards, feminine moucharde)

From mouche (“fly”) + -ard (pejorative suffix).

af

(espionage) mouchard (undercover investigator)

(espionage) (computing) spyware (piece of spyware)


surveiller

surveiller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
surveillant (gerund participle present)
surveillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
surveillé (participle past)
surveillé (participle past)
surveille (first-person indicative present singular)
surveilles (indicative present second-person singular)
surveille (indicative present singular third-person)
surveillons (first-person indicative plural present)
surveillons (first-person indicative plural present)
surveillez (indicative plural present second-person)
surveillez (indicative plural present second-person)
surveillent (indicative plural present third-person)
surveillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
surveillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
surveillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
surveillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
surveillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
surveillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
surveillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
surveilliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
surveillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
surveillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
surveillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
surveillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
surveillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
surveillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
surveilla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
surveilla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
surveillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
surveillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
surveillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
surveillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
surveillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
surveillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
surveillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
surveilleras (future indicative second-person singular)
surveillera (future indicative singular third-person)
surveillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
surveillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
surveilleront (future indicative plural third-person)
surveillerais (conditional first-person singular)
surveillerais (conditional second-person singular)
surveillerait (conditional singular third-person)
surveillerions (conditional first-person plural)
surveillerions (conditional first-person plural)
surveilleriez (conditional plural second-person)
surveilleriez (conditional plural second-person)
surveilleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
surveille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
surveilles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
surveille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
surveillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
surveilliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
surveillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
surveillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
surveillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
surveillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
surveillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
surveillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
surveillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
surveillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
surveillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
surveillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
surveillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
surveillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
surveillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
surveille (imperative second-person singular)
surveillons (first-person imperative plural)
surveillons (first-person imperative plural)
surveillez (imperative plural second-person)
surveillez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French surveillier. By surface analysis, sur- + veiller, corresponding to Latin super (“on top of”) + vigilō (“to watch”). Cognate with English surveil.

(espionage) to monitor, to survey, to watch


dubok

Borrowed from Russian дубо́к (dubók), from дуб (dub, “oak tree”).

And then there are the duboks. Every Red Army intelligence agent abroad is assigned the task of finding duboks in the city where he is stationed. A dubok is a hiding place for anything that may be exchanged in espionage work […]

1947, Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan:

Meantime, in addition to the active agents, scores of others wait expectantly, always on the alert; scores of yavkas operate; scores of duboks are maintained; exchange of personnel goes on constantly.

1955, David J. Dallin, Soviet Espionage, page 509:

[…] was unable to remember the spy's cover name but he did not attach much importance to this, since, as he pointed out, cover names, like duboks, were changed from time to time.

1981, H. Montgomery Hyde, The Atom Bomb Spies, page 91:

His couriers should communicate with him through duboks – hiding places where messages could be left or collected, also called 'dead letterboxes' […]

2011, Chapman Pincher, Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups:


inteligência

pt-noun

inteligência f (usually uncountable, plural inteligências)

Learned borrowing from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”).

lbor

(military, espionage) intelligence; intel (secret information about the enemy)


poloska

poloskák (plural)
poloska (nominative singular)
poloskák (nominative plural)
poloskát (accusative singular)
poloskákat (accusative plural)
poloskának (dative singular)
poloskáknak (dative plural)
poloskával (instrumental singular)
poloskákkal (instrumental plural)
poloskáért (causal-final singular)
poloskákért (causal-final plural)
poloskává (singular translative)
poloskákká (plural translative)
poloskáig (singular terminative)
poloskákig (plural terminative)
poloskaként (essive-formal singular)
poloskákként (essive-formal plural)
poloskában (inessive singular)
poloskákban (inessive plural)
poloskán (singular superessive)
poloskákon (plural superessive)
poloskánál (adessive singular)
poloskáknál (adessive plural)
poloskába (illative singular)
poloskákba (illative plural)
poloskára (singular sublative)
poloskákra (plural sublative)
poloskához (allative singular)
poloskákhoz (allative plural)
poloskából (elative singular)
poloskákból (elative plural)
poloskáról (delative singular)
poloskákról (delative plural)
poloskától (ablative singular)
poloskáktól (ablative plural)
poloskáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
poloskáké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
poloskáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
poloskákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
poloskám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
poloskáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
poloskád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
poloskáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
poloskája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
poloskái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
poloskánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
poloskáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
poloskátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
poloskáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
poloskájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
poloskáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From Czech or Slovak, compare Czech dialectal ploščka, ploška, plošťka (standard ploštice⁽ᶜˢ⁾), from Czech and Slovak ploský (“flat”). A Slovak form exactly corresponding to Hungarian may have existed but is not attested (cf. Slovak ploštica⁽ˢᵏ⁾). The sense “intercept device” is a calque of German Wanze and English bug.

cog

(espionage, colloquial) bug (an electronic intercept device)


écoute

écoutes téléphoniques
écoutes téléphoniques

(espionage) (always in plural) listening in, especially short for écoutes téléphoniques (phone hacking)


SIGINT

en-noun

SIGINT (countable and uncountable, plural SIGINTs)

signals intelligence
signals intelligence#English

(espionage, uncountable) Initialism of signals intelligence.


sheep-dip

en-verb

sheep-dip (third-person singular simple present sheep-dips, present participle sheep-dipping, simple past and past participle sheep-dipped)

sheep-dips (present singular third-person)
sheep-dipping (participle present)
sheep-dipped (participle past)
sheep-dipped (past)

(US, espionage, transitive) To formally, and usually temporarily, transfer military equipment or personnel to nonmilitary ownership for the purpose of its employment in covert action with involves less of a risk of triggering an armed conflict.


plausible deniability

Originally CIA jargon from the 1950s, and popularized during the Watergate scandal (1970s).

Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North may have added a memorable phrase to the lexicon of political obfuscation at the Iran-contra hearings when he referred to his concern for "plausible deniability" as he carried out his covert activities.

1987 July 16, Meyer Rangell, “Letters: Deniable Plausibility?”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-06-08:

Americans would stand out in the Laotian jungle, and Washington needed to retain plausible deniability. CIA officials demanded that Laotians on their payroll carry out the mission.

2001 June 24, Douglas C. Waller, “The Americans Left Behind”, in Time, retrieved 2015-06-08:

No longer is plausible deniability acceptable, either for boards or for management. Corporate and nonprofit boards alike are expected to know of problems that are brewing deep within their organizations.

2014 October 8, Davia Temin, “The Role Of Boards In Crisis”, in Forbes, retrieved 2015-06-08:

(politics, business, military, espionage) The organization of clandestine activity in such a way that knowledge of its existence may be denied by those in authority.


cover story

(espionage) A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive.


espion

fr-noun

espion m (plural espions, feminine espionne)

→ Basque: espioi

→ German: Spion (or directly from Italian)

→ Norman: espion

→ Portuguese: espião

→ Turkish: ispiyon

Inherited from Middle French *espion (attested only in the verb espionner), from Old French espion, spion (“one assigned to observe or spy”).
Alternatively, derived from Old French espie (“spy”), under influence of Italian spione (“spy”).
According to another theory, French espion is borrowed from Italian spione. The word is ultimately from Frankish *spehō (“spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to look, spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną.

(espionage) spy (person who secretly watches)


espionner

espionner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
espionnant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
espionné (participle past)
espionne (first-person indicative present singular)
espionnes (indicative present second-person singular)
espionne (indicative present singular third-person)
espionnons (first-person indicative plural present)
espionnez (indicative plural present second-person)
espionnent (indicative plural present third-person)
espionnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
espionnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
espionnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
espionnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
espionniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
espionnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
espionnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
espionnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
espionna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
espionnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
espionnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
espionnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
espionnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
espionneras (future indicative second-person singular)
espionnera (future indicative singular third-person)
espionnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
espionnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
espionneront (future indicative plural third-person)
espionnerais (conditional first-person singular)
espionnerais (conditional second-person singular)
espionnerait (conditional singular third-person)
espionnerions (conditional first-person plural)
espionneriez (conditional plural second-person)
espionneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
espionne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
espionnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
espionne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
espionnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
espionniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
espionnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
espionnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
espionnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
espionnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
espionnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
espionnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
espionnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
espionne (imperative second-person singular)
espionnons (first-person imperative plural)
espionnez (imperative plural second-person)


łącznik

pl-noun

łącznik m pers (female equivalent łączniczka)

łączniczka (feminine)
łącznik (nominative singular)
łącznicy (nominative plural)
łączniki (derogatory nominative plural)
łącznika (genitive singular)
łączników (genitive plural)
łącznikowi (dative singular)
łącznikom (dative plural)
łącznika (accusative singular)
łączników (accusative plural)
łącznikiem (instrumental singular)
łącznikami (instrumental plural)
łączniku (locative singular)
łącznikach (locative plural)
łączniku (singular vocative)
łącznicy (plural vocative)


агент

uk-noun

((аге́нт<pr>,аге́нт<>))

аге́нт • (ahént) m pers or m inan (genitive аге́нта, nominative plural аге́нти, genitive plural аге́нтів, feminine аге́нтка, relational adjective аге́нтський)

аге́нт (canonical)
ahént (romanization)
аге́нта (genitive)
аге́нти (nominative plural)
аге́нтів (genitive plural)
аге́нтка (feminine)
аге́нтський (adjective relational)
аге́нт (nominative singular)
аге́нти (nominative plural)
аге́нта (genitive singular)
аге́нтів (genitive plural)
аге́нтові (dative singular)
аге́нту (dative singular)
аге́нтам (dative plural)
аге́нта (accusative singular)
аге́нтів (accusative plural)
аге́нтом (instrumental singular)
аге́нтами (instrumental plural)
аге́нтові (locative singular)
аге́нті (locative singular)
аге́нтах (locative plural)
аге́нте (singular vocative)
аге́нти (plural vocative)
аге́нт (nominative singular)
аге́нти (nominative plural)
аге́нта (genitive singular)
аге́нтів (genitive plural)
аге́нтові (dative singular)
аге́нту (dative singular)
аге́нтам (dative plural)
аге́нт (accusative singular)
аге́нти (accusative plural)
аге́нтом (instrumental singular)
аге́нтами (instrumental plural)
аге́нті (locative singular)
аге́нтах (locative plural)
аге́нте (singular vocative)
аге́нти (plural vocative)

uk:Мельничук Олександр Савич

Borrowed from Russian аге́нт (agént), from German Agent, from French agent, from Latin agens.

(personal, espionage) agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)


ISR

en-noun

ISR (countable and uncountable, plural ISRs)

(uncountable, espionage) Initialism of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (“spycraft”).


barium meal

The example of Oswald will show how the different operations of a dangle and a barium meal would work more efficiently together.

2017, Nancy Howell Lee, Peter Dale Scott, Bertram Gross, Forbidden Bookshelf's Resistance in America Collection:

(espionage) The deliberate release of traceable information to a suspect to see whether they leak it.


come in from the cold

en-verb

come in from the cold (third-person singular simple present comes in from the cold, present participle coming in from the cold, simple past came in from the cold, past participle come in from the cold)

comes in from the cold (present singular third-person)
coming in from the cold (participle present)
came in from the cold (past)
come in from the cold (participle past)

/ˈkʌm‿ɪn fɹəm ðə ˈkəʊld/

John le Carré
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Literally, the term refers to someone who is outdoors when the weather is cold coming indoors to a warm place. The idiomatic senses were popularized by the title of the novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) by the British author John le Carré (1931–2020); “the Cold” is a pun on the Cold War, during which the novel is set.

I mean … one can't be out in the cold all the time; one has to come in from the cold … do you see what I mean?

1963 September, John le Carré [pseudonym; David John Moore Cornwell], “The Circus”, in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Coward-McCann, published 1964, →OCLC, page 23:

(espionage) Of a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory.

palata kotiin

of a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory


легенда

ru-noun+

леге́нда • (legénda) f inan (genitive леге́нды, nominative plural леге́нды, genitive plural леге́нд)

леге́нда (canonical)
legénda (romanization)
леге́нды (genitive)
леге́нды (nominative plural)
леге́нд (genitive plural)
леге́нда (nominative singular)
леге́нды (nominative plural)
леге́нды (genitive singular)
леге́нд (genitive plural)
леге́нде (dative singular)
леге́ндам (dative plural)
леге́нду (accusative singular)
леге́нды (accusative plural)
леге́ндой (instrumental singular)
леге́ндою (instrumental singular)
леге́ндами (instrumental plural)
леге́нде (prepositional singular)
леге́ндах (plural prepositional)

→ Ingrian: legenda

[lʲɪˈɡʲendə]

Ru-легенда.ogg


легенда

uk-noun

леге́нда • (lehénda) f inan (genitive леге́нди, nominative plural леге́нди, genitive plural леге́нд)

леге́нда (canonical)
lehénda (romanization)
леге́нди (genitive)
леге́нди (nominative plural)
леге́нд (genitive plural)
леге́нда (nominative singular)
леге́нди (nominative plural)
леге́нди (genitive singular)
леге́нд (genitive plural)
леге́нді (dative singular)
леге́ндам (dative plural)
леге́нду (accusative singular)
леге́нди (accusative plural)
леге́ндою (instrumental singular)
леге́ндами (instrumental plural)
леге́нді (locative singular)
леге́ндах (locative plural)
леге́ндо (singular vocative)
леге́нди (plural vocative)

Uk-легенда.ogg

Derived via Western European languages from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin legō.


espionnage

→ English: espionage

→ Spanish: espionaje


barbouze

fr-noun

barbouze m or f by sense (plural barbouzes)

From barbe (“beard”) + -ouze, because of the fake beard supposedly worn to hide the face.

Le « barbouze » […] joue un rôle fondamental dans l’univers politique élémentaire du « pied-noir ». Il cristallise l’ensemble des forces occultes qui s’acharnent à sa perte.

« Les Barbouzes » c’est d’abord un très bon titre (de film). Affublé d’un nom pareil, l’agent secret perd tout son mystère, se dépouille de sa légende. Il devient un rigolo qui amuse au lieu d’inquiéter.

Depuis qu’il est à l’armée, j’imagine qu’on lui a enseigné ces réflexes de barbouze, d’espion du dimanche.

2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 3, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:

(espionage, colloquial) secret agent; agent of a paramilitary force


wywiad

wywiad (nominative singular)
wywiady (nominative plural)
wywiadu (genitive singular)
wywiadów (genitive plural)
wywiadowi (dative singular)
wywiadom (dative plural)
wywiad (accusative singular)
wywiady (accusative plural)
wywiadem (instrumental singular)
wywiadami (instrumental plural)
wywiadzie (locative singular)
wywiadach (locative plural)
wywiadzie (singular vocative)
wywiady (plural vocative)

(espionage) intelligence (information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities)


rezident

From Russian резиде́нт (rezidént). Doublet of resiant and resident.

(espionage) The head spy in a rezidentura.


pocket litter

(espionage) Items in a spy's pocket (such as ticket stubs and coins) to make their cover seem more authentic.


intelligence asset

en-noun

intelligence asset (plural intelligence assets)

(espionage) Any resource by means of which intelligence is gathered.


ears-only

(espionage) Too secret to be put in writing; only to be transmitted orally.


wheel artist

(espionage) A specialist in outdoor surveillance in a vehicle.


pavement artist

pavement artist (plural pavement artists)

(espionage) A specialist in outdoor surveillance as a pedestrian.

jalkamies

specialist of outdoor surveillance on foot


burn notice

(espionage) An announcement of dismissal of an agent or source which an intelligence agency considers to have become unreliable.


official cover

(espionage) A cover which is a position at a governmental agency (e.g. posing as a member of the diplomatic service).


eyes-only

(espionage, of documents) Meant to be read only, and not discussed, by the named recipient; classified.


non-official cover

non-official cover (plural non-official covers)

(espionage) The assumption of a covert role in an organization which does not have ties to the government of the operative in question.


live drop

(espionage) A location where two people meet to exchange items or information.

postilaatikko

location used to exchange items or information


dead drop

(espionage) A location used to secretly transfer items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

dode brievenbus

location used to pass items between two people in secret

тайни́к

e,g, шпио́нский

(espionage) The act of leaving an item in such a location for another person to collect.


abhören

de-verb

abhören (weak, third-person singular present hört ab, past tense hörte ab, past participle abgehört, auxiliary haben)

hört ab (present singular third-person)
hörte ab (past)
abgehört (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
abhören (infinitive)
abhörend (participle present)
abgehört (participle past)
abzuhören (infinitive infinitive-zu)
höre ab (first-person indicative present singular)
hören ab (first-person indicative plural present)
höre ab (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
hören ab (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
hörst ab (indicative present second-person singular)
hört ab (indicative plural present second-person)
hörest ab (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
höret ab (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
hört ab (indicative present singular third-person)
hören ab (indicative plural present third-person)
höre ab (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
hören ab (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
hörte ab (first-person indicative preterite singular)
hörten ab (first-person indicative plural preterite)
hörte ab (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
hörten ab (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
hörtest ab (indicative preterite second-person singular)
hörtet ab (indicative plural preterite second-person)
hörtest ab (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
hörtet ab (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
hörte ab (indicative preterite singular third-person)
hörten ab (indicative plural preterite third-person)
hörte ab (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
hörten ab (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
hör ab (imperative second-person singular)
höre ab (imperative second-person singular)
hört ab (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
abhöre (first-person indicative present singular subordinate-clause)
abhören (first-person indicative plural present subordinate-clause)
abhöre (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
abhören (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
abhörst (indicative present second-person singular subordinate-clause)
abhört (indicative plural present second-person subordinate-clause)
abhörest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
abhöret (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause)
abhört (indicative present singular subordinate-clause third-person)
abhören (indicative plural present subordinate-clause third-person)
abhöre (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause third-person)
abhören (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i subordinate-clause third-person)
abhörte (first-person indicative preterite singular subordinate-clause)
abhörten (first-person indicative plural preterite subordinate-clause)
abhörte (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
abhörten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
abhörtest (indicative preterite second-person singular subordinate-clause)
abhörtet (indicative plural preterite second-person subordinate-clause)
abhörtest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
abhörtet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause)
abhörte (indicative preterite singular subordinate-clause third-person)
abhörten (indicative plural preterite subordinate-clause third-person)
abhörte (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause third-person)
abhörten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii subordinate-clause third-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe abgehört (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben abgehört (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe abgehört (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben abgehört (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast abgehört (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt abgehört (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest abgehört (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet abgehört (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat abgehört (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben abgehört (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe abgehört (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben abgehört (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte abgehört (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten abgehört (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte abgehört (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten abgehört (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest abgehört (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet abgehört (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest abgehört (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet abgehört (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte abgehört (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten abgehört (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte abgehört (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten abgehört (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
abhören werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde abhören (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden abhören (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest abhören (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet abhören (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde abhören (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden abhören (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde abhören (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden abhören (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde abhören (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden abhören (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst abhören (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet abhören (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest abhören (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet abhören (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird abhören (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden abhören (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde abhören (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden abhören (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
abgehört haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde abgehört haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden abgehört haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest abgehört haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet abgehört haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde abgehört haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden abgehört haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde abgehört haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden abgehört haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde abgehört haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden abgehört haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst abgehört haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet abgehört haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest abgehört haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet abgehört haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird abgehört haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden abgehört haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde abgehört haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden abgehört haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

[ˈʔapˌhøː.ʁən]

Das Gespräch wurde abgehört.

(espionage) to tap, wiretap, to record or listen to in secret


kettős ügynök

[ˈkɛtːøːʃ ˌyɟnøk]

(espionage) double agent (a spy who pretends to work for one side, when they are truthfully working for the other/ passing information to the other)


écoutes téléphoniques

(espionage) (plural only) phone hacking, phone tapping


täckmantel

täckmantel (indefinite nominative singular)
täckmanteln (definite nominative singular)
täckmantlar (indefinite nominative plural)
täckmantlarna (definite nominative plural)
täckmantels (genitive indefinite singular)
täckmantelns (definite genitive singular)
täckmantlars (genitive indefinite plural)
täckmantlarnas (definite genitive plural)

täcka + mantel, cognate with German Deckmantel.


нелегал

ru-noun+

нелега́л • (nelegál) m anim (genitive нелега́ла, nominative plural нелега́лы, genitive plural нелега́лов, feminine нелега́лка)

нелега́л (canonical)
nelegál (romanization)
нелега́ла (genitive)
нелега́лы (nominative plural)
нелега́лов (genitive plural)
нелега́лка (feminine)
нелега́л (nominative singular)
нелега́лы (nominative plural)
нелега́ла (genitive singular)
нелега́лов (genitive plural)
нелега́лу (dative singular)
нелега́лам (dative plural)
нелега́ла (accusative singular)
нелега́лов (accusative plural)
нелега́лом (instrumental singular)
нелега́лами (instrumental plural)
нелега́ле (prepositional singular)
нелега́лах (plural prepositional)

[nʲɪlʲɪˈɡaɫ]

Back-formation from нелега́льный (nelegálʹnyj).

back-form

нелега́льный


peiterooli

peiterooli (nominative singular)
peiteroolit (nominative plural)
peiterooli (accusative nominative singular)
peiteroolit (accusative nominative plural)
peiteroolin (accusative genitive singular)
peiteroolit (accusative genitive plural)
peiteroolin (genitive singular)
peiteroolien (genitive plural)
peiteroolia (partitive singular)
peiterooleja (partitive plural)
peiteroolissa (inessive singular)
peiterooleissa (inessive plural)
peiteroolista (elative singular)
peiterooleista (elative plural)
peiterooliin (illative singular)
peiterooleihin (illative plural)
peiteroolilla (adessive singular)
peiterooleilla (adessive plural)
peiteroolilta (ablative singular)
peiterooleilta (ablative plural)
peiteroolille (allative singular)
peiterooleille (allative plural)
peiteroolina (essive singular)
peiterooleina (essive plural)
peiterooliksi (singular translative)
peiterooleiksi (plural translative)
peiteroolitta (abessive singular)
peiterooleitta (abessive plural)
peiteroolein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
peiteroolini (nominative singular)
peiteroolini (nominative plural)
peiteroolini (accusative nominative singular)
peiteroolini (accusative nominative plural)
peiteroolini (accusative genitive singular)
peiteroolini (accusative genitive plural)
peiteroolini (genitive singular)
peiteroolieni (genitive plural)
peiterooliani (partitive singular)
peiteroolejani (partitive plural)
peiteroolissani (inessive singular)
peiterooleissani (inessive plural)
peiteroolistani (elative singular)
peiterooleistani (elative plural)
peiterooliini (illative singular)
peiterooleihini (illative plural)
peiteroolillani (adessive singular)
peiterooleillani (adessive plural)
peiterooliltani (ablative singular)
peiterooleiltani (ablative plural)
peiteroolilleni (allative singular)
peiterooleilleni (allative plural)
peiteroolinani (essive singular)
peiterooleinani (essive plural)
peiteroolikseni (singular translative)
peiterooleikseni (plural translative)
peiteroolittani (abessive singular)
peiterooleittani (abessive plural)
peiterooleineni (comitative plural)
peiteroolisi (nominative singular)
peiteroolisi (nominative plural)
peiteroolisi (accusative nominative singular)
peiteroolisi (accusative nominative plural)
peiteroolisi (accusative genitive singular)
peiteroolisi (accusative genitive plural)
peiteroolisi (genitive singular)
peiterooliesi (genitive plural)
peiterooliasi (partitive singular)
peiteroolejasi (partitive plural)
peiteroolissasi (inessive singular)
peiterooleissasi (inessive plural)
peiteroolistasi (elative singular)
peiterooleistasi (elative plural)
peiterooliisi (illative singular)
peiterooleihisi (illative plural)
peiteroolillasi (adessive singular)
peiterooleillasi (adessive plural)
peiterooliltasi (ablative singular)
peiterooleiltasi (ablative plural)
peiteroolillesi (allative singular)
peiterooleillesi (allative plural)
peiteroolinasi (essive singular)
peiterooleinasi (essive plural)
peiterooliksesi (singular translative)
peiterooleiksesi (plural translative)
peiteroolittasi (abessive singular)
peiterooleittasi (abessive plural)
peiterooleinesi (comitative plural)
peiteroolimme (nominative singular)
peiteroolimme (nominative plural)
peiteroolimme (accusative nominative singular)
peiteroolimme (accusative nominative plural)
peiteroolimme (accusative genitive singular)
peiteroolimme (accusative genitive plural)
peiteroolimme (genitive singular)
peiterooliemme (genitive plural)
peiterooliamme (partitive singular)
peiteroolejamme (partitive plural)
peiteroolissamme (inessive singular)
peiterooleissamme (inessive plural)
peiteroolistamme (elative singular)
peiterooleistamme (elative plural)
peiterooliimme (illative singular)
peiterooleihimme (illative plural)
peiteroolillamme (adessive singular)
peiterooleillamme (adessive plural)
peiterooliltamme (ablative singular)
peiterooleiltamme (ablative plural)
peiteroolillemme (allative singular)
peiterooleillemme (allative plural)
peiteroolinamme (essive singular)
peiterooleinamme (essive plural)
peiterooliksemme (singular translative)
peiterooleiksemme (plural translative)
peiteroolittamme (abessive singular)
peiterooleittamme (abessive plural)
peiterooleinemme (comitative plural)
peiteroolinne (nominative singular)
peiteroolinne (nominative plural)
peiteroolinne (accusative nominative singular)
peiteroolinne (accusative nominative plural)
peiteroolinne (accusative genitive singular)
peiteroolinne (accusative genitive plural)
peiteroolinne (genitive singular)
peiteroolienne (genitive plural)
peiteroolianne (partitive singular)
peiteroolejanne (partitive plural)
peiteroolissanne (inessive singular)
peiterooleissanne (inessive plural)
peiteroolistanne (elative singular)
peiterooleistanne (elative plural)
peiterooliinne (illative singular)
peiterooleihinne (illative plural)
peiteroolillanne (adessive singular)
peiterooleillanne (adessive plural)
peiterooliltanne (ablative singular)
peiterooleiltanne (ablative plural)
peiteroolillenne (allative singular)
peiterooleillenne (allative plural)
peiteroolinanne (essive singular)
peiterooleinanne (essive plural)
peiterooliksenne (singular translative)
peiterooleiksenne (plural translative)
peiteroolittanne (abessive singular)
peiterooleittanne (abessive plural)
peiterooleinenne (comitative plural)
peiteroolinsa (nominative singular)
peiteroolinsa (nominative plural)
peiteroolinsa (accusative nominative singular)
peiteroolinsa (accusative nominative plural)
peiteroolinsa (accusative genitive singular)
peiteroolinsa (accusative genitive plural)
peiteroolinsa (genitive singular)
peiterooliensa (genitive plural)
peiterooliaan (partitive singular)
peiterooliansa (partitive singular)
peiteroolejaan (partitive plural)
peiteroolejansa (partitive plural)
peiteroolissaan (inessive singular)
peiteroolissansa (inessive singular)
peiterooleissaan (inessive plural)
peiterooleissansa (inessive plural)
peiteroolistaan (elative singular)
peiteroolistansa (elative singular)
peiterooleistaan (elative plural)
peiterooleistansa (elative plural)
peiterooliinsa (illative singular)
peiterooleihinsa (illative plural)
peiteroolillaan (adessive singular)
peiteroolillansa (adessive singular)
peiterooleillaan (adessive plural)
peiterooleillansa (adessive plural)
peiterooliltaan (ablative singular)
peiterooliltansa (ablative singular)
peiterooleiltaan (ablative plural)
peiterooleiltansa (ablative plural)
peiteroolilleen (allative singular)
peiteroolillensa (allative singular)
peiterooleilleen (allative plural)
peiterooleillensa (allative plural)
peiteroolinaan (essive singular)
peiteroolinansa (essive singular)
peiterooleinaan (essive plural)
peiterooleinansa (essive plural)
peiteroolikseen (singular translative)
peiterooliksensa (singular translative)
peiterooleikseen (plural translative)
peiterooleiksensa (plural translative)
peiteroolittaan (abessive singular)
peiteroolittansa (abessive singular)
peiterooleittaan (abessive plural)
peiterooleittansa (abessive plural)
peiterooleineen (comitative plural)
peiterooleinensa (comitative plural)


agente duplo

pt-noun

agente duplo m or f by sense (plural agente duplos)


numbers station

en-noun

numbers station (plural numbers stations)

(radio, espionage) A shortwave radio station characterized by unusual broadcasts, often of artificially generated voices reciting streams of numbers, words, etc., supposedly coded messages.


infiltrateur

fr-noun

infiltrateur m (plural infiltrateurs, feminine infiltratrice)

infiltrateurs (plural)
infiltratrice (feminine)


false flag

Using what the bureau calls a "False Flag" operation, F.B.I. agents posing as Russian intelligence officers contacted Mr. Pitts in August 1995, long after it believed he had ceased his spying activities, and feigned interest in reactivating him as a means of confirming his spying activities and determining how much information he may have provided to Moscow.

1996 December, David Johnston, “F.B.I. Supervisor Charged With Spying for Russians”, in The New York Times:

Now, that is not just offensive, it’s stupid. If the government had actually hired child actors, there is no way their stage parents would have stopped talking about it. “Well, he didn’t get the Tide commercial, but he did book a leading role in a government-sponsored false-flag attack! It’s the same director who did the moon landing! We’re very excited!”

2017, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Trump vs. Truth”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 1, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

The US has made noncommittal statements so far. Meanwhile, many experts on Russia have raised the possibility that the strike could have been a false-flag operation from Moscow.

2023 May 4, Jonathan Yerushalmy, Pjotr Sauer, “False flag or genuine attack? What we know about the Kremlin drone incident”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(espionage, military, politics) A diversionary or propaganda tactic of deceiving an adversary into thinking that an operation was carried out by another party.


codinome

(business, espionage, military, Brazil) code name (name used to clandestinely identify something)


底線

/ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/tɐi̯³⁵ siːn³³/

/toi⁵²⁻³⁵ sũã²¹³/

/ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/tɐi̯³⁵ siːn³³/

/toi⁵²⁻³⁵ sũã²¹³/

(Mainland China, espionage) planted agent


резидент

ru-noun+

резиде́нт • (rezidént) m anim (genitive резиде́нта, nominative plural резиде́нты, genitive plural резиде́нтов, feminine резиде́нтка)

резиде́нт (canonical)
rezidént (romanization)
резиде́нта (genitive)
резиде́нты (nominative plural)
резиде́нтов (genitive plural)
резиде́нтка (feminine)
резиде́нт (nominative singular)
резиде́нты (nominative plural)
резиде́нта (genitive singular)
резиде́нтов (genitive plural)
резиде́нту (dative singular)
резиде́нтам (dative plural)
резиде́нта (accusative singular)
резиде́нтов (accusative plural)
резиде́нтом (instrumental singular)
резиде́нтами (instrumental plural)
резиде́нте (prepositional singular)
резиде́нтах (plural prepositional)

(espionage) fixed-post spy; resident spy, resident, "rezident", chief of a country's intelligence operations in another country


резидент

uk-noun

резиде́нт<pr>

резиде́нтський

резиде́нтний

резиде́нт • (rezydént) m pers (genitive резиде́нта, nominative plural резиде́нти, genitive plural резиде́нтів, relational adjective резиде́нтський or резиде́нтний)

резиде́нт (canonical)
rezydént (romanization)
резиде́нта (genitive)
резиде́нти (nominative plural)
резиде́нтів (genitive plural)
резиде́нтський (adjective relational)
резиде́нтний (adjective relational)
резиде́нт (nominative singular)
резиде́нти (nominative plural)
резиде́нта (genitive singular)
резиде́нтів (genitive plural)
резиде́нтові (dative singular)
резиде́нту (dative singular)
резиде́нтам (dative plural)
резиде́нта (accusative singular)
резиде́нтів (accusative plural)
резиде́нтом (instrumental singular)
резиде́нтами (instrumental plural)
резиде́нтові (locative singular)
резиде́нті (locative singular)
резиде́нтах (locative plural)
резиде́нте (singular vocative)
резиде́нти (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

резиде́нт<pr>

uk:Мельничук Олександр Савич

Borrowed from German Resident, from French résident.


agente doble

es-noun

agente doble m or f by sense (plural agentes dobles)


molehunt

(espionage) An investigation attempting to identify moles (agents who have infiltrated an organisation).


śpioch

pl-noun

śpioch m pers (female equivalent śpioszka, diminutive śpioszek)

śpioszka (feminine)
śpioszek (diminutive)
śpioch (nominative singular)
śpiochy (nominative plural)
śpiocha (genitive singular)
śpiochów (genitive plural)
śpiochowi (dative singular)
śpiochom (dative plural)
śpiocha (accusative singular)
śpiochów (accusative plural)
śpiochem (instrumental singular)
śpiochami (instrumental plural)
śpiochu (locative singular)
śpiochach (locative plural)
śpiochu (singular vocative)
śpiochy (plural vocative)

(espionage) sleeper agent (a spy who is placed in a target country or organisation, not to undertake an immediate mission, but rather to act as a potential asset if activated)


molehunter

In the late 1960s here, in a room booked for the occasion, molehunter Peter Wright made 'one more try' at breaking Alister Watson, the defence scientist believed to have given secrets to the Soviets for decades.

1994, Roy Berkeley, A Spy's London, page 306:

(espionage) One who investigates and attempts to identify a mole (agent who has infiltrated an organisation).


AGI

en-noun

AGI (countable and uncountable, plural AGIs)

(espionage) Initialism of auxiliary gathering intelligence.


agente provocador

es-noun

agente provocador m (plural agentes provocadores, feminine agente provocadora, feminine plural agentes provocadoras)

agentes provocadores (plural)
agente provocadora (feminine)
agentes provocadoras (feminine plural)

(espionage) provocateur, agent provocateur (secret double agent working for the police or government)


Enttarnung

de-noun

Enttarnung f (genitive Enttarnung, plural Enttarnungen)

Enttarnung (genitive)
Enttarnungen (plural)
Enttarnung (nominative singular)
Enttarnungen (definite nominative plural)
Enttarnung (genitive singular)
Enttarnungen (definite genitive plural)
Enttarnung (dative singular)
Enttarnungen (dative definite plural)
Enttarnung (accusative singular)
Enttarnungen (accusative definite plural)

(espionage, of a spy or an agent) unmasking, exposing