[agent pro.vo.ca.teur] n, pl agents provocateurs [F, lit., provoking agent] (1877): one employed to associate with suspected persons and by pretending sympathy with their aims to incite them to some incriminating action
AGENT PROVOCATEUR
Meaning of AGENT PROVOCATEUR in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012