sexta-feira, 21 de novembro de 2025

🔥 20 PHRASAL VERBS — Espionagem / Inteligência (Nível CIA/MI6/GRU)

🟦 1) Track down

🇧🇷 localizar / rastrear

Ex.: Operatives finally tracked down the handler after months of surveillance.

🟦 2) Wire up

🇧🇷 equipar com escuta / colocar microfones

Ex.: The room was wired up before the meeting began.

🟦 3) Blend in

🇧🇷 se misturar / não chamar atenção

Ex.: The undercover agent blended in perfectly with the crowd.

🟦 4) Break into (systems/networks)

🇧🇷 invadir (rede, servidor)

Ex.: The cyber unit broke into the encrypted database overnight.

🟦 5) Bug out

🇧🇷 evacuar às pressas / fugir antes de ser detectado

Ex.: Assets bugged out when they realized the safehouse was compromised.

🟦 6) Carry out (a covert op)

🇧🇷 realizar (operação secreta)

Ex.: The team carried out a covert extraction at dawn.

🟦 7) Cover up

🇧🇷 encobrir; ocultar evidências

Ex.: Officials attempted to cover up the unauthorized surveillance.

🟦 8) Double down

🇧🇷 reforçar; intensificar esforços

Ex.: The agency doubled down on counterintelligence measures.

🟦 9) Drop off (intel/documents)

🇧🇷 deixar discretamente

Ex.: The informant dropped off the flash drive at the dead drop location.

🟦 10) Shake off

🇧🇷 despistar

Ex.: The operative managed to shake off the surveillance team.

🟦 11) Tap into (networks)

🇧🇷 acessar; infiltrar digitalmente

Ex.: Analysts tapped into the communications stream to monitor encrypted traffic.

🟦 12) Take out (a target)

🇧🇷 neutralizar / eliminar

Ex.: The drone unit took out the high-value target.

🟦 13) Zero in on

🇧🇷 focar precisamente / mirar

Ex.: Signals intelligence zeroed in on the suspect’s location.

🟦 14) Set up (a sting / a trap)

🇧🇷 montar / preparar

Ex.: They set up a sting operation to expose the mole.

🟦 15) Back up (cover story)

🇧🇷 sustentar / reforçar

Ex.: The forged documents backed up his cover story.

🟦 16) Turn over (an asset)

🇧🇷 entregar / transferir um informante ou espião

Ex.: The agency refused to turn over the captured operative.

🟦 17) Turn against

🇧🇷 virar-se contra; recrutar alguém contra o próprio país/organização

Ex.: The handler turned the scientist against his own research team.

🟦 18) Pick up (signals/chatter)

🇧🇷 captar; interceptar

Ex.: Satellites picked up unusual electromagnetic signals.

🟦19) Sift through

🇧🇷 filtrar; vasculhar informações

Ex.: Analysts sifted through thousands of intercepted messages.

🟦 20) Roll up (a network)

🇧🇷 desmantelar; prender todos os membros

Ex.: Counterintelligence rolled up the entire spy ring in one night.

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