double agent

double agent

English

Noun

double agent (plural double agents)

1. (espionage) A spy who pretends to work for one side, when they are actually working for or passing information to the other.

   Coordinate term: triple agent

Translations

Translations

Arabic: عَمِيل مُزْدَوِج‎ m (ʿamīl muzdawij) Chinese: Mandarin: 雙重間諜, 双重间谍 (shuāngchóng jiàndié) Czech: dvojitý agent m Danish: dobbeltagent c Dutch: dubbelagent (nl) m, dubbelspion (nl) m Finnish: kaksoisagentti French: agent double (fr) m German: Doppelagent (de) m, Doppelagentin (de) f Hebrew: סוֹכֵן כָּפוּל‎ (he) m (sokhen kaful) Hungarian: kettős ügynök Italian: doppiogiochista m or f Polish: podwójny agent m Portuguese: agente duplo m Russian: двойно́й аге́нт m (dvojnój agént) Serbo-Croatian: dvostruki agent m Slovak: dvojitý agent Spanish: agente doble m Swedish: dubbelagent Turkish: çifte ajan

See also

• double-crosser