SPY


Meaning of SPY in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ enemy , foreign , government , industrial

▪ suspected

▪ top

Britain's top ~

▪ British , Soviet , etc.

… OF SPIES

▪ network

VERB + SPY

▪ act as , be , work as

He denied acting as an enemy ~.

▪ recruit (sb as)

SPY + VERB

▪ infiltrate

Soviet spies who had infiltrated the American government

SPY + NOUN

▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE ), novel , story , thriller

▪ camera , plane , satellite

▪ network , ring

Counter-intelligence officers uncovered a ~ ring involving twenty agents.

▪ agency ( esp. AmE )

the director of a top American ~ agency

▪ chief

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

He was a ~ for the government.

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