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- Dictionaryagent provocateur/ˌaʒɒ̃ prəˌvɒkəˈtəː/
noun
- 1. a person employed to induce others to break the law so that they can be convicted.
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Person who commits or who acts to entice another person to commit an illegal or rash act
An agent provocateur (French for "inciting agent") is a person who commits or who acts to entice another person to commit an illegal or rash act or falsely implicate them in partaking in an illegal act, so as to ruin the reputation or entice legal action against the target or a group they belong to or are perceived to belong to. They may target any group, such as a peaceful protest or demonstratio... Wikipedia