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agent provocateur

Pronunciation:  â'zhân provoka'teur

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 Definition: [n]  a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
 
 See Also: intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent

 

 

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 Related Terms: agitator, agitprop, capper, catalyst, come-on man, decoy, demagogue, exciter, firebrand, fomenter, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, mischief-maker, plant, provocateur, provoker, rabble-rouser, ringleader, rouser, seditionary, seditionist, shill, stool pigeon, stoolie, troublemaker, urger
 

 

 

 

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