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DOUBLE AGENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does double agent mean?
• DOUBLE AGENT (noun)
The noun DOUBLE AGENT has 1 sense:
1. a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries
Familiarity information: DOUBLE AGENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("double agent" is a kind of...):
spy; undercover agent ((military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors)
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