double agent
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double agent

noun

Definition of DOUBLE AGENT

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

Examples of DOUBLE AGENT

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

First Known Use of DOUBLE AGENT

1935

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