agent-in-place

1. 1.

   an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target

   Broadersecret agent

Questions about agent-in-place

What does agent-in-place mean?

agent-in-place means "an operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target".

How many syllables are in agent-in-place?

agent-in-place has 4 syllables: a-gen-t-in--place. The stress falls on "gen".

Is agent-in-place a common word?

agent-in-place is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.