operative
operative - noun
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
operative - adjective
- being in force or having or exerting force
- relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
- effective; producing a desired effect
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
operative - thesaurus
functional
pi
running
shamus
sherlock
surgical
working