operative
Example Sentences
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Ryu said that when he traveled to Dubai from Kuwait, Sim would pick him up in a Toyota Land Cruiser and they would frequently dine with other North Korean operatives.
Jewish leaders have praised the work of police and an undercover operative who helped foil a gun attack to cause "untold harm" to the community.
From BBC
He said the operatives typically work with people managing "laptop farms" - referring to computers based in the US that are run remotely from outside of the country.
From BBC
“It is hard to quantify, but all in all we’re looking at between a few dozen and more than hundred fighters or operatives, at least based on some estimates over the last months,” he said.
The ship was several hundred miles off the coast of Sri Lanka when the operatives boarded it and confiscated the cargo before letting the vessel proceed, the officials said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
