espiocrat

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noun

A professional spy; a member of an espionage bureaucracy.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounespiocrat (plural espiocrats)

plural espiocrats

  1. A professional spy; a member of an espionage bureaucracy.

    He'd vanish off the face of the earth before he'd follow orders from an espiocrat.

    1994, Janice MT Miller, Final Thunder, page 121
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    If the Enforcers bonded closer every day, the espiocrats from Pure Intelligence did not take lightly to their rôle as second-class citizens.

    1993, John le Carré, The Night Manager, Penguin, published 2013, page 59

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APA

espiocrat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/espiocrat

MLA

“espiocrat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/espiocrat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “espiocrat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/espiocrat.

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