spookdom

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The realm or sphere of spies. slang,uncountable
    — In a 1967 article about Richard Helms, then the new director of Central Intelligence, Time made the linguistic jump to spookdom: “When he surfaced in 1952, it was as deputy to the chief of the plans division, the so-called ‘dirty tricks’ department, which handles espionage and other undercover operations.”

词源

From spook + -dom.
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