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Agent provocateur

noun
1.
A secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts.  Synonym: provocateur.





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"Agent provocateur" Quotes from Famous Books



... when I looked into his face I could not believe it. Revalenko - he is one of the most ardent members of our organisation. He would not tell me why he had followed Kharkoff. I could make him confess nothing. But I am sure he is an agent provocateur of the Russian government, that he is secretly giving away the plans that we are making, everything. We have a plot on now - perhaps he has informed them of that. Of course he denied setting the bomb or trying to ...
— The Poisoned Pen • Arthur B. Reeve
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Words linked to "Agent provocateur" :   operative, intelligence officer, provocateur, intelligence agent, secret agent


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