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agent provocateur

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a·gent pro·vo·ca·teur  (-zhä prô-vôkä-tr)
n. pl. a·gents pro·vo·ca·teurs (-zhä prô-vôkä-tr)
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 [azh-on prov-vok-at-tur, azh-on prov-vok-at-tur]
Noun
pl agents provocateurs a person employed by the authorities to tempt people to commit illegal acts and so be discredited or punished [French]
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Noun1.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


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