Russian Intelligence Vocabulary

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Russian vocabulary related to intelligence and espionage with English translations.

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разведка
intelligence / reconnaissance (noun)
разведчик
intelligence officer / scout (noun)
шпион
spy (noun)
шпионаж
espionage / spying (noun)
контрразведка
counterintelligence (noun)
агент
agent / asset (noun)
агентура
network of agents / intelligence network (noun)
вербовка
recruitment (noun)
вербовать
to recruit (verb)
перевербовать
to turn (an agent) / to flip (verb)
двойной агент
double agent (noun phrase)
крот
mole / deep penetration agent (noun)
нелегал
illegal (deep-cover intelligence officer) (noun)
прикрытие
cover / cover identity (noun)
легенда
cover story / legend (noun)
тайник
dead drop / cache (noun)
закладка
placing material in a dead drop / cache drop (noun)
слежка
surveillance / tailing (noun)
наблюдение
surveillance / observation (noun)
наружное наблюдение
physical surveillance (noun phrase)
прослушка
wiretapping / bugging (colloquial noun)
прослушивать
to wiretap / to bug / to intercept (verb)
перехват
interception (noun)
шифр
cipher / code (noun)
шифрование
encryption / ciphering (noun)
дешифрование
decryption / deciphering (noun)
дезинформация
disinformation (noun)
диверсия
sabotage / diversionary act (noun)
диверсант
saboteur (noun)
провокация
provocation / sting operation (noun)
компромат
compromising material (noun)
шантаж
blackmail (noun)
выкуп
ransom (noun)
разоблачение
exposure / unmasking (noun)
разоблачить
to expose / to unmask (verb)
провал
failure / blown operation / compromise (noun)
завербовать
to recruit successfully (perfective verb)
связной
courier / liaison (noun)
явочная квартира
safehouse (noun phrase)
пароль
password / countersign (noun)
отзыв
countersign / recognition response (noun)
допрос
interrogation (noun)
допрашивать
to interrogate / to question (verb)
перебежчик
defector (noun)
бежать
to defect / to flee (verb)
секретность
secrecy / classification level (noun)
совершенно секретно
top secret (adverbial phrase / classification grade)
гостайна
state secret (noun)
ликвидация
targeted killing / liquidation / elimination (noun)
резидент
station chief / head of spy ring (noun)