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| NOUN: | 1. Informal. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Regional : haunt. See BEINGS, SUPERNATURAL. 2. Informal. A person who secretly observes others to obtain information: agent, operative, spy. Idioms: secret (or undercover) agent. See INVESTIGATE.
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