double agent

• Человек, который тайно работает шпионом на две противоборствующие стороны, обычно в разведке или шпионаже, притворяясь лояльным одной стороне, но служа другой.

A person who secretly works as a spy for two opposing sides, typically in intelligence or espionage, pretending loyalty to one while serving the other.

1. Spy for two sidesB2formal

   A person who works as a spy for one intelligence agency while secretly working for another, often an enemy.

   Двойной агент

   • The double agent was feeding false information to both sides.
   • He was exposed as a double agent working for the enemy.
   • The novel tells the story of a double agent during the Cold War.