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Definition: Agent Provocateur |
Agent ProvocateurNoun1. A secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Motive | Prompter, tempter; seducer, seductor; instigator, firebrand, incendiary; Siren, Circe; agent provocateur; lobbyist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
agent provocateur | 189 |
agent provocateur red tape | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "agent provocateur"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | agent provokatér. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | provokateur (agitator, trouble maker, troublemaker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προβοκάτορασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | brasneyder (abettor, inciter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agentay ovocateurpray провокатор (noser, provocateur, stool pigeon). (various references) provokator. (various references) agente provocador. (various references) provokatör ajan, kışkırtıcı ajan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-n-o-o-p-r-r-t-t-u-v" | |
-5 letters: cogenerator, counterpart, gerontocrat, governorate, overprotect, provocateur. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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