ALL meanings of agent provocateur
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A a - countable noun agent provocateur An agent provocateur is a person who is employed by the government or the police to encourage certain groups of people to break the law, so they can arrest them or make them lose public support. 3
- noun agent provocateur a secret agent employed to provoke suspected persons to commit illegal acts and so be discredited or liable to punishment 3
- noun agent provocateur 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 3
- noun agent provocateur a secret agent of a foreign nation, esp. one who incites citizens to rebellion, illegal acts, etc. 3
- noun plural agent provocateur a secret agent hired to incite suspected persons to some illegal action, outbreak, etc., that will make them liable to punishment. 1
- noun agent provocateur A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group; an instigator, troublemaker. 0