transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈä-ˌzhäⁿ-prō-ˌvä-kə-ˈtər, ˈā-jənt- ]
noun
( plural agents provocateurs ˈä-ˌzhäⁿ-prō-ˌvä-kə-ˈtər, ˈā-jən(t)s-prō-)
Etymology: French, literally, provoking agent
Date: 1877
: one employed to associate with suspected persons and by pretending sympathy with their aims to incite them to some incriminating action