Agent
An Agent is one who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one entrusted with the business of another.
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... James Bond, a famous secret agent, fictional character by Ian Fleming ... Agent 47, fictional character and protagonist in the Hitman video-game series ... Agent 212, name of a humorous Belgian comic about a large police officer Agent (The Matrix), group of characters in the series Agent (video game), currently in development by ...
... of country B to generate, alter, or halt agent behavior by using or indicating his capacity to use physical or psychological means of leverage ... And a case officer working overseas does not control a double agent the way a policeman controls an informer ... For example, pressure exerted bluntly or blindly, without insight into the agent's motivation and personality, may cause him to tell the truth to the adversary ...
... suis became the first agent weaponized by the United States at its Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas ... The United States BW program focused on three agents of the Brucella group Porcine Brucellosis (Agent US) Bovine Brucellosis (Agent AB) Caprine ... Air Force (USAF) wanted a biological warfare capability, the Chemical Corps offered Agent US in the M114 bomblet, based after the 4-pound bursting bomblet developed for anthrax in World War II ...
... Stakeknife had his own dedicated handlers and agents and it was suggested that he was important enough that MI5 set up an office dedicated solely to him ... It has been alleged that FRU agent Brian Nelson gave Notarantonio's name to the UDA/UFF to protect the identity of the real spy ... an unsuccessful legal action to have the British government state he was not their agent ...
... Why are films of this importance given to one single agent to carry, rather than to an armed team? 2 ... Why did the agent stop over at a hotel instead of proceeding directly to his home office? 4 ... all that has happened to him, why does the agent not suspect that the New Age Hotel might be a trap? 5 ...
More definitions of "agent":
- (noun): A substance that exerts some force or effect.
- (noun): An active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect.
Example: "Their research uncovered new disease agents"
- (noun): Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau.
Synonyms: federal agent
- (noun): The semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause.
Synonyms: agentive role
- (noun): A representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations.
Famous quotes containing the word agent:
“The average American is a good sport, plays by the rules. But this war is no game. And no secret agent is a hero or a good sport—that is, no living agent.”
—John Monks, Jr., U.S. screenwriter, Sy Bartlett, and Henry Hathaway. Robert Sharkey (James Cagney)
“The agent never receipts his bill, puts his hat on and bows himself out. He stays around forever, not only for as long as you can write anything that anyone will buy, but as long as anyone will buy any portion of any right to anything that you ever did write. He just takes ten per cent of your life.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
“The childless experts on child raising also bring tears of laughter to my eyes when they say, “I love children because they’re so honest.” There is not an agent in the CIA or the KGB who knows how to conceal the theft of food, how to fake being asleep, or how to forge a parent’s signature like a child.”
—Bill Cosby (20th century)