Front | agent provocateur \ah-ZHON-proh-vok-uh-TUHR\ |
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Back | noun Someone employed to encourage or provoke suspects into doing something illegal so they can be arrested or discredited. [From French agent provocateur (provoking agent).] "Stanislav Beranek was critical over the creation of the role of agent provocateur, who will seek to provoke artificial situations in which someone will accept a bribe." |
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