agent provocateur

a·gent pro·vo·ca·teur (

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n. pl. a·gents pro·vo·ca·teurs (

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A person employed to associate with suspected individuals or groups with the purpose of inciting them to commit acts that will make them liable to punishment.

[French : agent, agent + provocateur, instigator.]

agent provocateur French [aʒɑ̃ prɔvɔkatœr]

n pl agents provocateurs [aʒɑ̃ prɔvɔkatœr]

a secret agent employed to provoke suspected persons to commit illegal acts and so be discredited or liable to punishment

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Noun

agent provocateur - a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts

provocateur

intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent - a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

Translations

agent provocateur [ˈæʒɑ̃ːprɒvɒkəˈtɜːʳ] N → agente mf provocador(a)

agent provocateur

n pl <-s -s> → Agent provocateur m, → Lockspitzel m

agent provocateur [aʒɑ̃ prɔvɔkatœr] n → agente m provocatore

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Celebs' fave Agent Provocateur has come to Moda Mall in an emporium decorated in boudoir style.

Naughty knicker shop opens its door at mall by Gulf Weekly

The group make money investing in other businesses and own a stake in lingerie firm Agent Provocateur, who had Kate Moss as a model.

BETTER BY HALF by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Agent Provocateur is represented by Al Mana Fashion Group in Bahrain.

UK lingerie brand opens boutique in Bahrain by TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain)

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Agent Rescue Emergency Simulator
Agent Runtime Environment
Agent Security Facility
Agent Semantic Communications Service
Agent Services Alliance Program
Agent Society
Agent Spécialisé des Ecoles Maternelles
Agent Specific Adverse Event List
Agent Status Record
Agent Storage Container
Agent Supported Cooperative Work
Agent Systems and Applications; Symposium on Mobile Agents
Agent Table
Agent technologies
Agent Technologies for Pervasive Communities
Agent Technology for Disaster Management
Agent Technology for Sensor Networks