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Word: Agent_provocateur
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: French, literally ‘provocative agent’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌaʒɒ̃ prəˌvɒkəˈtəː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person who induces others to be violent or commit an illegal act in order to incriminate them or discredit a cause
Short Definition:person who induces others to be violent or commit illegal act
Examples:- you people will start fighting amongst yourselves, not realizing that some agent provocateur is behind this
- he questions whether there were agent provocateurs who turned up to throw objects at police
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