HyperDic: case_officer

English > 1 sense of the expression *case officer*:
NOUN	person	case officer	an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service

English > *case officer*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	An operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service.
Narrower	action officer	The case officer designated to perform an act during a clandestine operation (especially in a hostile area)
Broader	secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative	A person secretly employed in espionage for a government