Definitions for Double Agent
dou·ble agent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. double agentnoun

   a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. double agentnoun

   A spy who pretends to work for one side, when they are truthfully working for the other/ passing information to the other.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. double agent

   A double agent is a spy for one party who poses as a spy for the other.

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1. double agent

   A double agent is a person who works covertly as a spy for two different organizations, typically for two different countries involved in intelligence agencies or military operations. They provide information to one country while secretly working in the interests of another, often with the intention of misleading or deceiving the initial party.

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1. Double agent

   A double agent, commonly abbreviated referral of double secret agent, is a counterintelligence term used to designate an employee of a secret service or organization, whose primary aim is to spy on a different target organization, but who in fact is a member of that same target organization themselves. Double agentry may be practiced by spies of the target organization who infiltrate the controlling organization, or may result from the turning of previously loyal agents of the controlling organization by the target; the threat of execution is the most common method of turning a captured agent into a double agent or a double agent into a re-doubled agent. It is unlike a defector, who is not considered an agent as agents are in place to function for an intelligence service and defectors are not, but some consider that defectors in place are agents until they have defected. Double agents are often used to transmit disinformation or to identify other agents as part of counter-espionage operations. They are often very trusted by the controlling organization since the target organization will give them true, but useless or even counterproductive, information to pass along.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. double agent

   Agent in contact with two opposing intelligence services, only one of which is aware of the double contact or quasi-intelligence services.

Matched Categories

1. • Spy

How to pronounce Double Agent?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Double Agent in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Double Agent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Double Agent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Double_Agent
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Agent
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Double Agent
6. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf