Meaning of double agent in English
(Definition of double agent from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of double agent
double agent
Sugiuchi laments his double agent status, saying he actually started to like being a cop.
Paine, in reality, was a double agent who sought world domination.
Filippov's parents never knew the details of his work as a double agent at the time.
Logan and the team prevent the trucks from the leaving the area, while eliminating a double agent.
Jack often knows much more than he is telling, but decides not to reveal everything he knows, as that would ruin the lucrative business of playing a double agent.
The physician's new position as a "double agent," simultaneously acting on behalf of the patient and the payer, has increased the potential for conflicts about clinical decisions (7).
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Many worrying references have been made this evening to the so-called double agent.
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For example, the double agent could be offered some tempting bait: "e.g.," be told that important information was stored at a dead drop site.
She soon learns that her own father is a double agent as well.
Identified by a double agent who was placed in the cell when he was arrested, he managed to earn their trust.
His actions have been interpreted as those of a double agent.
Sometimes he was also a double agent at the same time for several clients.
Creating an unwitting double agent is extremely rare.
He was a friend of the outlaws, and at their request, he adopted a dangerous role as a double agent.
It is explained to him that it was his duty to become a double agent.
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agent/-te double…
iki taraflı çalışan casus…
dubbelagent…
dvojitý špion…
dobbeltagent…
agen ganda…
คนที่ทำงานให้สองฝ่ายที่เป็นคู่กรณีกัน…
gián điệp hai mang…
podwójny agent…
dubbelagent…
pengintip…
der Doppelagent…
dobbeltagent…
подвійний агент…
