as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
for years we have had a mole in the enemy's national intelligence agency
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of mole
Another key witness in the trial — Daniel Solis, the former alderman and FBI mole — didn’t fare nearly as well, Nessner said.
—
Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Anderson also made a big batch of mole and avoided passing out from chile fumes, then moved on to homemade masa and a Georgian walnut spread.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: Grumpy Pie king Alejandro Roman is topping his impossibly airy Detroit squares with black and red moles from Manchamanteles' chef Geno Bahena and pairing them with Marz brews of Abuelita Stout and Chela Negra dark lager.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
The film moves at a clip through a host of disasters — losing the bioweapon in the originating caper, getting stranded on a dead planet, finding out one of the Section 31 crew is a mole for someone from the Terran Empire.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mole
Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Anderson also made a big batch of mole and avoided passing out from chile fumes, then moved on to homemade masa and a Georgian walnut spread.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: Grumpy Pie king Alejandro Roman is topping his impossibly airy Detroit squares with black and red moles from Manchamanteles' chef Geno Bahena and pairing them with Marz brews of Abuelita Stout and Chela Negra dark lager.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
The film moves at a clip through a host of disasters — losing the bioweapon in the originating caper, getting stranded on a dead planet, finding out one of the Section 31 crew is a mole for someone from the Terran Empire.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mole
Noun
-
Matt Damon originated the role of the spy who suffers from psychogenic amnesia and is forced to unlock his connection to the CIA.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
-
The incident comes one day after the Trump administration released new and newly unredacted spy agency files about 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
Elements of her can be found on Lioness in Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara, a CIA operative trying to save the world from the swarthy — terrorists in Season One, Mexican cartels in Season Two — while raising two girls.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
-
Weighing just 157g, the headset is light enough for call center operatives to wear it for a full eight-hour working day.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Tipping agent The reason the market is in a tizzy is that the tariffs could be the agent that tips the economy from a modest slowdown into a recession.—
Bob Pisani,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
-
Many — if not most — of the people interested in buying burned lots have been developers, according to agents.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
Articles Related to mole
Cite this Entry
“Mole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mole. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share