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Rev. War Spy Terms
Words related to espionage during the Rev. War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the act or practice of spying; the use of spies by a government to discover the military and political secrets of other nations. | espionage |
| military information about enemies, spies, etc. | intelligence |
| activities designed to frustrate enemy espionage. | counterintelligence |
| information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to harm a person, group, movement, institution, or nation. | propaganda |
| the process of obtaining information about the position, activities, and resources of an enemy. | reconnaissance |
| characterized by, done in, or executed with concealment or secrecy, especially for the purposes of deception. | clandestine |
| to ask questions of a person, sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret; to examine by questions. | interrogate |
| : a German mercenary soldier hired by England to fight the colonists during the Revolutionary War. | Hessian |
| a person hired to serve in a foreign army or guerilla organization. | mercenary |
| the procedures, processes, and methods used to translate or interpret secret writings, like codes & ciphers, for which the key is unknown. | cryptanalysis |
| a method of secret writing using substitution or transposition of letters according to a key. | cipher |
| concealed, secret, disguised. | covert |
| secret identity. | cover |
| a prearranged secret spot where one espionage agent leaves a message or material for another agent to pick up. | dead drop |
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