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agent provocateur

a·gent pro·vo·ca·teur [ a N praw vàwkə tr ] (plural a·gents pro·vo·ca·teurs [ a N praw vàwkə tr ])


noun 
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undercover agent: somebody employed to gain the trust of suspects and then tempt them to do something illegal so that they can be arrested and punished

[< French, "provocative agent"]
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