double agent

English

Noun

double agent (plural double agents)

2. (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 (ʕamīl muzdawij)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙重間諜／双重间谍 (zh) (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 (it) 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 (sv)
• Turkish: çifte ajan
• Vietnamese: gián điệp hai mang, điệp viên hai mang

See also

• double-crosser