triple agent
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A spy who pretends to be a double agent for one side, while actually acting as a double agent for the other side.
Example Sentences
- "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."