espiocrat

English

Etymology

From espio(nage) +‎ -crat.

Noun

espiocrat (plural espiocrats)

1. A professional spy; a member of an espionage bureaucracy.
   • 1993, John le Carré, The Night Manager, Penguin, published 2013, page 59:

     If the Enforcers bonded closer every day, the espiocrats from Pure Intelligence did not take lightly to their rôle as second-class citizens.

   • 1994, Janice MT Miller, Final Thunder, page 121:

     He'd vanish off the face of the earth before he'd follow orders from an espiocrat.

Anagrams

• coparsite, operatics, patricoes