What do the following slang terms mean to spies?

Black-Bag Job.

An agent’s work, from bribery to breaking and entering.

Demote Maximally.

To purge an organization by killing.

The Firm.

The British Secret Service.

The Company.

The CIA.

Measles.

A murder handled so deftly that death appears to be accidental or from natural causes.

Legend.

An agent’s fake biography, used as a cover.

Ladies.

Female spies who seek to compromise members of the opposition.

Soap.

Specially treated sodium pentothol, or truth serum.

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