Mossadnik

English

Etymology

From Mossad +‎ -nik.

Noun

Mossadnik (plural Mossadniks or Mossadnikim)

  1. An employee of Mossad.
    • 2007 December 27, Miriam A. Shaviv, “Adam Sandler joins Mossad in 'Zohan'”, in The Jerusalem Post[1], archived from the original on 5 January 2026:
      Written by Judd Apatow, Robert Smigel and Adam Sandler, the film will play on the stereotypes associated with the tough Israeli Mossadnik.
    • 2014 September 12, Natan Sachs, “Commentary Israeli Intelligence Veterans Refusal Letter”, in Brookings[2], archived from the original on 21 March 2025:
      We have had a long history of Mossadniks and others speaking out, this is a first for the sigint service to my knowledge.
    • 2017 December 1, Esor Ben-Sorek, “Moshe “Mossadnik””, in The Times of Israel[3], archived from the original on 18 July 2025:
      But from that time on I always referred to him as my friend Moshe the “Mossadnik”.
    • 2018 August 22, Liel Leibovitz, “Eichmann in Full”, in Tablet[4], archived from the original on 25 July 2024:
      And the Nazi, in turn, tries to curry favor with the Mossadnik by asking him about his sister Fruma, executed in some frozen forest by the genocidal machine Eichmann had helped design.
    • 2023 October 13, J.Ross, The Unz Review[5], archived from the original on 27 February 2025:
      I don’t see Israel attacking America or Europe apart from how they already are, but, if there’s any Mossadnikim so inclined, you know, I hear Biden has a lot of trouble with staircases.