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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
agent provocateur /ˌaʒɒ̃ prəˌvɒkəˈtəː/

▶noun (pl. agents provocateurs pronunc. same) a person employed to induce others to break the law so that they can be convicted.

– origin C19: Fr., lit. ‘provocative agent’.

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