Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

Przewerbowanie

English translation:

flip, recruit

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-09-11 14:54:28 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Sep 7, 2015 20:19
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Polish term

Przewerbowanie

Polish to English Other History Przewerbowanie
Jak jest po angielsku "przewerbować", "przewerbowanie"? Oczywiście chodzi tu o przewerbowanie szpiega.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 flip, recruit
3 +1 Turning
Change log

Sep 7, 2015 20:19: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Sep 8, 2015 00:47: Karen Zaragoza changed "Vetting" from "Needs Vetting" to "Vet OK"

Discussion

Darius Saczuk Sep 8, 2015:
Samo zwerbowanie chyba wystarczy. Kontekst wyjaśni wszystko. Poczekajmy na inne propozycje od fachowców w zakresie wojskowości.

Proposed translations

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Selected

flip, recruit

Two commonly used options

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Dirty Wars Film Traces Obama's Kill List - LaRouchePAC
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Feb 12, 2013 - ... of the Islamic terrorists in Somalia, but then was flipped by the CIA to work for the US.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jacek Konopka
44 mins
Kind thanks, Jacku.
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Turning

Termin bardzo powszechny, często w cudzysłowie.

http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww2/code/sci/ger/abw/abw-ruk.ht...

"The spies were given the choice of turning or bring tried and shot. This was MI-5's Double Cross system. The Germans were not aware of their failure because the turned agents kept reporting to Germany as if nothing had happened."

http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-02/local/me-63823_1_ames...

"What has now been learned is that at least 100 other active or potential CIA agents in the Soviet Union were fingered by Ames and then "turned" by Soviet intelligence agencies."

http://www.xenu.net/archive/go/felix/ch_i8.htm

"The commonest substitute for planting one's own agent is the "turning" of an enemy agent. Turning an agent, that is to say, convincing a man working in another cause that he should change sides and continue active in the conflict, with all the added risks involved, is clearly a psychological operation of immense complexity."

http://www.mspb.gov/netsearch/viewdocs.aspx?docnumber=256024...

"...that appellant had been successful in turning an agent of a hostile intelligence agency into a "double agent."

https://fas.org/spp/eprint/at_sp.htm

"If an enemy discovers satellites which the owner believes he does not know of, he can then use those satellites as channels of disinformation which will probably be believed -- the modern technical equivalent of 'turning' an agent. In addition, of course, discovered satellites can be targeted for attack."
Peer comment(s):

agree Darius Saczuk : Makes sense.
8 hrs
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