"official cover" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: official covers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} official cover (plural official covers)
  1. (espionage) A cover which is a position at a governmental agency (e.g. posing as a member of the diplomatic service). Categories (topical): Espionage Hypernyms: cover Translations (cover which is a position at a governmental agency): 官方臥底 (Chinese Mandarin), 官方卧底 (guānfāng wòdǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), virallinen peiterooli (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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