“agent provocateur”的英英意思

单词	agent provocateur
释义	‖ agent provocateur|aʒɑ̃ prɔvɔkatœːr| [Fr., = provocative agent.] An agent employed to induce or incite a suspected person or group to commit an incriminating act. 1877W. de Horsey Let. 8 Jan. in A. Ponsonby Henry Ponsonby (1942) xiv. 324 You may think that I am looking through very coloured spectacles when I attribute..the Bulgarian atrocities to Russian intrigue—that Russian ‘agents provocateurs’ prepared the Servian rebellion.1896Le Queux Secret Service viii. 169 It was hinted to an agent provocateur that your death would be gratifying.1923Daily Mail 1 Mar. 8 Constantinople had long been the Mecca of the professional spy and agent provocateur.

　

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