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Agent Provocateur
/ˌɑʒɑnt pɹəˌvɔkəˈtɝ/
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What does Agent Provocateur mean?
noun
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɑʒɑnt pɹəˌvɔkəˈtɝ/
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My answer was that a study of many labor cases had taught me the methods of the agent provocateur.