Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - agent provocateur
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(agents provocateurs) 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. Agents provocateurs may seek to discredit the opposition. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural agents provocateurs) Etymology: French, literally, provoking agent Date: 1877 one employed to associate with suspected persons and by pretending sympathy with their aims to incite them to some incriminating action ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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