6
plant(noun, person, informal, source, grass)
6
spook(noun, person, plant, informal, investigate)
6
stare(verb, consider, see, note, regard)
6
witness(verb, mark, consider, see, respect)
5
betrayer(noun, opposition, source, agent, villain)
5
bug(verb, study, consider, examine, review)
5
espionage agent(noun, expression, person, plant, mole)
5
gaze(verb, mark, consider, see, respect)
5
get a load of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, mark)
5
inspect(verb, study, mark, consider, see)
5
make out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, mark, consider)
5
mole(noun, person, plant, watch, warning)
5
peep(verb, consider, see, note, regard)
5
recognize(verb, mark, see, note, regard)
5
reconnoiter(verb, study, consider, follow, examine)
5
snitch(grass, sneak, decoy, informer, rat)
5
stool pigeon(noun, expression, idiom, grass, sneak)
5
take in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, mark, consider)
4
eavesdropper(noun, information, agent, sneak, informer)
4
emissary(noun, person, plant, watch, representative)
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