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triple agent

triple agent noun: a spy who pretends to be a double agent for one side, while actually acting as a double agent for the other side.

Noun

triple agent (plural triple agents)

  1. A spy who pretends to be a double agent for one side, while actually acting as a double agent for the other side.
    • There are also triple agents—people who do what the doubles have done, but change their minds and, under our control, pass phoney intelligence back to the Russians. Do you understand? It’s nothing but a complicated game, really.1980 [1962], Ian Fleming, chapter 11, in The Spy Who Loved Me, →ISBN, page 150

Forms of triple agent

pluraltriple agents

Questions about triple agent

What does triple agent mean?
Triple agent means a spy who pretends to be a double agent for one side, while actually acting as a double agent for the other side.
What part of speech is triple agent?
Triple agent is a noun.
What is the plural of triple agent?
The plural of triple agent is triple agents.

Words near triple agent in the dictionary

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  3. triple A syndrome
  4. triple acrostic
  5. triple acrostics
  6. triple agent
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  8. triple bar
  9. triple barrel
  10. triple barreled
  11. triple barreling

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