intelligence agent

collocation in English

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intelligence
noun
uk
/ɪnˈtel.ɪ.dʒəns/us
/ɪnˈtel.ə.dʒəns/
the ability to learn, understand, and make judgments or have opinions that are based ...
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agent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/
a person who acts for or ...
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(Definition ofintelligenceandagentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His business would be to be a kind of super-liaison officer, counsellor, adviser,intelligenceagent; and to these ends all his energies should be directed.
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Perhaps the most obvious case is the foreignintelligenceagent.
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She is anintelligenceagentand an expert martial artist noted for sending three colleagues into hospital during training.
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Officially, he was a diplomat, but unofficially, he was theintelligenceagent.
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The sabotage of the torpedo tubes is committed by a suspectedintelligenceagentin the film.
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Creed worked as an imperialintelligenceagentbut ended up catching on to things he wasn't supposed to know.
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That is, they were depicted as brutal soldiers full of misplaced idealism and manipulated by foreign intelligence agents.
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The first is that intelligence agents of foreign powers do not read technical journals.
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He stated, however, that any activities of foreign intelligence agents in this country are kept under close scrutiny.
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In this amendment we are not dealing with internal information that has no international or defence connotations, and we are not dealing with spies or intelligence agents.
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Many other leaders remain imprisoned, or, if they are not imprisoned and have been released in more recent times, have been subjected to great surveillance by the government's intelligence agents.
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Some may say cynically that he will find it difficult to get information for his books if there is a lifelong confidentiality rule for intelligence agents.
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His term in office was marked by innovation, and he used very high technology for the time to ensnare foreign intelligence agents.
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These are oceanographers, entertainers, architects, dancers, and intelligence agents.
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Havens is then picked up by a group of intelligence agents.
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They took roles such as village patrol guards, intelligence agents, propagandists, and military recruiters.
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The 2011 figure is similar to what was reported in 1995-1996, when around 400 foreign intelligence agents were uncovered during the two-year period.
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