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Agent Provocateur

/ˌɑʒɑnt pɹəˌvɔkəˈtɝ/

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What does Agent Provocateur mean?

noun

  1. 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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/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.
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558