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as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intelligencer
Noun
  • Amy Drew Thompson is a multimedia food reporter for Orlando Sentinel who has lived in the city for 20 years.
    Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • Trump administration activates 700 Marines in Los Angeles area amid ICE protests Graham Kates Graham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • North Korea has repeatedly failed to launch military spy satellites.
    Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 31 May 2025
  • This was a real group of spies that pretended to be Southern and infiltrated the South and became friends and colleagues.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Then a White House correspondent and weekend co-anchor on Today, Welker filmed an intimate segment about her path towards parenthood for the morning show.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 6 June 2025
  • Salena Zito is a national political correspondent for the Washington Examiner.
    Salena Zito, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Then in September, a Secret Service agent spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in bushes at Trump's West Palm Beach golf club while scouting the course ahead of Trump.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • Without warning, heavily armed agents handcuffed employees, pushed the manager against a wall, used flash-bang grenades on members of the community, and turned a peaceful dining establishment into a scene of fear, confusion and trauma.
    Andrew Nietor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
  • Redstone has been encouraging Paramount to settle with Trump – a move that could look like a payoff in exchange for government approval and which would spark an outcry from CBS News journalists.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Ashman, a 23-year-old water operative from Stafford, was one of two suspects questioned about the incident.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 3 June 2025
  • Senior Hamas operatives with British citizenship have established charitable foundations that raise millions of pounds annually, some of which ends up in the hands of the group’s military wing.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
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“Intelligencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencer. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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