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nouna person secretly employed in espionage for a governmenttype of:
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"operative dentistry"adjectiverelating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
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nounsomeone who can be employed as a detective to collect informationtype of:
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adjective(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
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"operative regulations" "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"adjectivebeing in force or having or exerting forceOpposite:
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"the operative word"adjectiveeffective; producing a desired effect
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good working important running foot agent detective operation spy effective operate operating significant pi surgical functioning operational sherlock functional shamus provocateur noc postoperative preoperative operant intelligence agent intelligence officer secret agent agent-in-place agent provocateur bridge agent case officer codetalker undercover agent walk-in windtalker private detective private eye private investigator store detective house dick inquiry agent house detective hotel detective in effect in force in operation