CASE OFFICER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("case officer" is a kind of...):

intelligence agent; intelligence officer; operative; secret agent (a person secretly employed in espionage for a government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "case officer"):

action officer (the case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area))

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