agent-provocateur — meaning in English
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English meaning
- provocateur noun Someone who deliberately says or does things to stir up a reaction, argument, or controversy.
Senses
agent-provocateur is used for these senses in English:
- agent provocateur A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group, particularly by encouraging or committing illegal acts to discredit the group or expose them to prosecution; an instigator, troublemaker.
- provocateur An undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts.
provocateur — full definition
- noun Someone who deliberately says or does things to stir up a reaction, argument, or controversy.
- noun An undercover agent who encourages people under suspicion to commit a crime so they can be caught.