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Definition of provocateur noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

provocateur

noun
 
/prəˌvɒkəˈtɜː(r)/
 
/prəˌvɑːkəˈtɜːr/
(also agent provocateur)
(from French)
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  1. a person who is employed by a government to encourage people in political groups to do something illegal so that they can be arrested
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