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Special agent   /spˈɛʃəl ˈeɪdʒənt/   Listen
Special agent

noun
1.
Someone whose authority is limited to the special undertaking they have been instructed to perform.





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"Special agent" Quotes from Famous Books



... Latin Secretary in Ordinary. He had, we find, taken some part in the negotiation in its earlier stage;[1] but, before it had proceeded far, he had been selected for a service which took him out of England. In December 1655 it had been resolved to send a special agent to Portugal; and on the 19th of February, 1655-6, at a Council meeting at which Cromwell himself was present, Meadows, thought of from the first, was formally nominated as the fit person. It was a great promotion for Meadows; for, whereas his salary hitherto ...
— The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 • David Masson
... with whom Miss Lehar is staying," said Mr. Wing. He introduced the little man as Special Agent Sanders. ...
— The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit - Or, Over the Top with the Winnebagos • Hildegard G. Frey
... the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 1st instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Postmaster-General, in reference to the appointment of a special agent to take charge of the post-office at Penn Yan, in the State of ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 2 (of 2) of Volume 6: Andrew Johnson • James D. Richardson
... the responsibility rested with the local Y which made the investigation, or on those respectable local citizens who indorsed them, and not on the International Y. The Government, when applications for passports were filed, made an investigation by special agent of the applicant's ...
— Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight • Mathew Joseph Holt
... explained himself as a "special agent" of the Department of Justice, went on to read Jimmie a lecture. A sincere man like himself ought to be ashamed to let himself be taken in by German conspirators, who were trying to break up American industry, to lead American labour by ...
— Jimmie Higgins • Upton Sinclair


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