espiocrat

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English

Etymology

From espio(nage) +‎ -crat.

Noun

espiocrat (plural espiocrats)

  1. A professional spy; a member of an espionage bureaucracy.
    • 1993, John le Carré, The Night Manager, Penguin, published 2013, page 59:
      If the Enforcers bonded closer every day, the espiocrats from Pure Intelligence did not take lightly to their rôle as second-class citizens.
    • 1994, Janice MT Miller, Final Thunder, page 121:
      He'd vanish off the face of the earth before he'd follow orders from an espiocrat.

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