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operatives
 
Noun operative has 2 senses
  1. secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative - a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
    --1 is a kind of agent
    --1 has particulars:
     agent-in-place; agent provocateur, provocateur; bridge agent; case officer; codetalker, windtalker; foot; NOC; spy, undercover agent; walk-in
  2. private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock - someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
    --2 is a kind of detective
    --2 has particulars:
     hotel detective, house detective, house dick; inquiry agent; store detective
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