agent provocateur
agent provocateur · agents provocateurs
провокатор
Agent Provocateur, Lockspitzel, Provokateur
A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group,…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Agent Provocateur, Lockspitzel, Provokateur
провокаторprovokator
More definitions
- a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
Examples
1 sentencesTom is a known agent provocateur.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a person who disrupts a group's activities from within:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a person who disrupts a group's activities from within:
Origin
Borrowed from French agent provocateur (literally “provocative agent”).Borrowed from French agent provocateur (literally “provocative agent”).
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Forms
plural: agents provocateurs| Singular | agent provocateur |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts:provocateur
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedfalse flag