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| has gloss | eng: Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence. Traditionally it is a technique employed by law enforcement agencies around the world and a person who works in such a role is commonly referred to as an undercover agent. |
| has gloss | eng: Being undercover means that a person is dressed in normal clothing and is hiding their identity from people. It is often used by police officers when they are investigating criminal activities or criminals. It is done to gain trust and also possibly to gather evidence. It is not the same as a police officer who is wearing normal clothing (a plain-clothes officer) but who is not hiding their real name and that they are a police officer. |
| lexicalization | eng: Under cover |
| lexicalization | eng: Under-cover |
| lexicalization | eng: Undercover |
| instance of | (noun) the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" law, police force, constabulary, police |
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| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Verdeckte Ermittler (engl. undercover agent, abgekürzt: VE) sind Beamte von Strafverfolgungsbehörden, meist Polizei oder Zoll, die nach außen als Zivilpersonen auftreten, teils auch unter einer auf Dauer angelegten, falschen Identität ermitteln. |
| lexicalization | deu: Verdeckter Ermittler |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: Undercover gaan is het verhullen van de eigen identiteit of het aannemen van een andere identiteit, met als doel het vertrouwen te winnen van een persoon of organisatie om daarmee geheime informatie te verkrijgen of bewijzen te verzamelen van strafbare feiten of misstanden. |
| lexicalization | nld: undercover |
| Chinese | |
| lexicalization | zho: 臥底 |
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