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Agent Provocateur

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Noun

1. agent provocateur, provocateur

a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Agent Provocateur

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nounWord forms: plural 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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Agent Provocateur

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Word forms: plural French aˈgents provocaˈteurs (aˈʒɑ̃ pʀɔvɔkaˈtœʀ; ȧzhänˈ pr^ōv^ōkȧtërˈ)
1. 
a person hired to join a labor union, political party, etc. in order to incite its members to actions that will make them or their organization liable to penalty
2. 
a secret agent of a foreign nation, esp. one who incites citizens to rebellion, illegal acts, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Agent Provocateur

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n. pl. a·gents pro·vo·ca·teurs (ă-zhäɴ′ prô-vô′kä-tœr)
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.

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