double agent
Example Sentences
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Think of Mike Buckley as a kind of double agent.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
And in 2018, the UK said Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in the British cathedral city of Salisbury.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
His KGB contact, who believes him to be a double agent, raises the stakes by asking him for information on Faith—though she has encouraged Gabriel to accept Soviet payments to dupe the Russians.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
He then contacted MI6 saying he had been paid by Iran after passing on false information and said he wanted to be a "double agent".
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025
In other words, Arnold wanted to be a double agent for the British.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
