HyperDic: agent_provocateur

English > 1 sense of the expression agent provocateur:
NOUNperson agent provocateur, provocateura secret agent who incites / incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
English > agent provocateur: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA secret agent who incites / incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts.
Synonymprovocateur
Broadersecret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operativeA person secretly employed in espionage for a government
Spanishagente provocador, provocador
Catalanagent provocador, provocador

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