Agent Provocateur Definition

ă-zhäɴ prô-vôkä-tœr
agents-provocateurs, agent-provocateur
noun
A person employed to associate with suspected individuals or groups with the purpose of inciting them to commit acts that will make them liable to punishment.
American Heritage
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.
Webster's New World
A secret agent of a foreign nation, esp. one who incites citizens to rebellion, illegal acts, etc.
Webster's New World
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Singular:
agent provocateur
Plural:
agents-provocateurs

Origin of Agent Provocateur

  • French agent agent provocateur instigator

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Agent Provocateur Sentence Examples

  • This gave a handle to the Petersburg secret police, and they employed him as a spy and agent provocateur.

  • The opinion that the whole plot was the work of Salisbury, that he acted as an agent provocateur and lured on his victims to destruction, repeated by some contemporary and later writers and recently formulated and urged with great ability, has no solid foundation.

  • Take a look at the designs by Agent Provocateur for trendy lingerie design and a long standing company like La Perla for classic lingerie design.

  • Provocateur - With a thriving mail-order catalog, Web site, and shops located throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Hong Kong, and America, Agent Provocateur is a heavy hitter in the lingerie biz.

  • According to the company, "a woman in full Agent Provocateur exudes confidence and power; they're up on a pedestal and they know it."

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