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spook
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of SPOOK
1
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country <Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union>
Related Words courier; counterspy, double agent, sleeper; infiltrator, informer, stool pigeon; spymaster, superspy
2
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people <Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad>
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