Definitions of agent provocateur
someone who encourages another person to commit a crime so that that person will be arrested
Mr Pownell claimed that one of the secret agents acted as an "agent provocateur".
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agent provocateur means:
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someone who encourages another person to commit a crime so that that person will be arrested
Mr Pownell claimed that one of the secret agents acted as an "agent provocateur".