Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who directs clandestine intelligence activities.
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- noun The leader of a group of
spies
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- noun someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities
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Examples
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MOSCOW Reuters - Russia's domestic intelligence agency said on Tuesday that it had established the guilt of a man local media have identified as the spymaster who betrayed a ring of agents operating in the United States last year.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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She also found material about Judah Benjamin, secretary of state for the Confederacy and a southern "spymaster," as well as other Jewish spies on both sides.
unknown title 2009
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As such, if you've been on Twitter today, you probably noticed "spymaster" working its way up the Trending Topics list.
AppScout 2009
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- Over the past few days, perhaps you've seen a few tweets pop up in your stream from people you follow that end with the "spymaster" hashtag.
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The Serious Fraud Office is also looking into an elaborate scam that took in the former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, former spymaster Sir John Walker and the North Korean government.
Fraud at senior management level is highlighted in KPMG report 2011
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The Serious Fraud Office is also looking into an elaborate scam that took in the former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, former spymaster Sir John Walker and the North Korean government.
Fraud at senior management level is highlighted in KPMG report 2011
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In 2007, spymaster Ramiro Valdes, now Cuba's vice president, defended his country's restrictions on the Internet and called the Web the "wild colt of new technologies that can and must be controlled."
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His supposed spymaster: Dan, the young man I had filmed chatting with Mohamed by Internet.
The Day Mohamed Laid Down His Rocket Launcher Paul Martin 2011
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Jacob Zuma is a former goatherd, a master of traditional Zulu stick-fighting, a resistance hero, a one-time spymaster, a graceful dancer, and the father of some 20 children.
Jacob’s Ladder 2009
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Jacob Zuma is a former goatherd, a master of traditional Zulu stick-fighting, a resistance hero, a one-time spymaster, a graceful dancer, and the father of some 20 children.
Jacob’s Ladder 2009
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