English
espiocrat
From espio(nage) + -crat.
Formed from espionage + -crat
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to look’
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Old French espion ‘spy’
Middle French espionner ‘to spy’
French espionner ‘to spy’
French espionnage
English espionage
Today it means
noun A professional spy; a member of an espionage bureaucracy.
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Etymograph / espiocrat