An agent provocateur is someone hired to provoke others into illegal acts for arrest or discredit.
An agent provocateur is someone hired to provoke others into illegal acts for arrest or discredit.
| 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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