espiocrat
nounEtymology From espio(nage) + -crat.
1
A professional spy; a member of an espionage bureaucracy.
- If the Enforcers bonded closer every day, the espiocrats from Pure Intelligence did not take lightly to their rôle as second-class citizens.1993, John le Carré, The Night Manager, Penguin, published 2013, page 59:
- He'd vanish off the face of the earth before he'd follow orders from an espiocrat.1994, Janice MT Miller, Final Thunder, page 121: