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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 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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
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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Spartas Mukasa announced that the meeting would not proceed, as there were too many police around--and rumor had it that the police had salted the meeting with plainclothes police ready to act as agents provocateurs, beginning a free fight and providing an opportunity for uniformed police to storm the crowd in force.
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Its announced intent is to help federal authorities enforce existing laws, and its approach of reporting illegal activity to authorities is more akin to neighborhood watches, though there is the danger that agents provocateurs could attempt acts of violence for the purpose of discrediting the group.
Borderline madness by Hoar, William P. / The New American
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