"double agent" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: double agents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double agent (plural double agents)
  1. (espionage) A spy who pretends to work for one side, when they are actually working for or passing information to the other. Wikidata QID: Q1058375 Related terms: double-crosser Coordinate_terms: triple agent Translations (Translations): عَمِيل مُزْدَوِج (ʕamīl muzdawij) [masculine] (Arabic), 雙重間諜 /双重间谍 (shuāngchóng jiàndié) (Chinese Mandarin), dvojitý agent [masculine] (Czech), dobbeltagent [common-gender] (Danish), dubbelagent [masculine] (Dutch), dubbelspion [masculine] (Dutch), kaksoisagentti (Finnish), agent double [masculine] (French), Doppelagent [masculine] (German), Doppelagentin [feminine] (German), סוֹכֵן כָּפוּל (sokhen kaful) [masculine] (Hebrew), kettős ügynök (Hungarian), doppiogiochista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), podwójny agent [masculine] (Polish), podwójna agentka [feminine] (Polish), agente duplo [masculine] (Portuguese), двойно́й аге́нт (dvojnój agént) [masculine] (Russian), dvostruki agent [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dvojitý agent (Slovak), agente doble [masculine] (Spanish), dubbelagent (Swedish), çifte ajan (Turkish), gián điệp hai mang (Vietnamese), điệp viên hai mang (Vietnamese)

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