double agent

noun

: a spy pretending to serve one government while actually serving another

Examples of double agent in a Sentence

He was secretly working as a double agent for the Americans during the war.

Recent Examples on the Web

Some refuse to cooperate, some may even act as double agents. — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026

The canary trap is a simple tool often used to identify leakers or double agents. — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 4 May 2026

Alexander says that’s because Garth himself, having grown up in Gilead and now serving as a double agent for the rebels in Canada, doesn’t have the words for it. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026

Bless him for having the moral clarity and presence of mind to put the kibosh on Ger’s threat of finding the password-furnishing double agent and trying to kill a bunch of people at Helios. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 8 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for double agent

• newsagent
• reagent
• subagent