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| ninja |
a medieval Japanese warrior specially trained as a spy or assassin. |
| scout |
a person, ship, or plane sent to spy or gather information. [1/5 definitions] |
| spy |
A spy is a person who works secretly for a government in order to find out what another country's government is doing and planning. [3 definitions] |
| supposedly |
If someone is supposedly a spy, it means that people believe or are saying that this person is a spy but it isn't proven. We often use "supposedly" when we say something that might be true because someone else is saying it, but we are not really sure it is true ourselves. |
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