provocateur

• Существительное, обозначающее человека, часто тайного агента, который намеренно подстрекает или провоцирует других на совершение незаконных или спорных действий, обычно с целью их дискредитации или оправдания их ареста.

A noun referring to a person, often a secret agent, who deliberately encourages or incites others to commit illegal or controversial acts, typically to discredit them or justify their arrest.

1. Secret agent who incites illegal actsC1formal

   A person, often a secret agent, who deliberately encourages or provokes others to commit illegal or controversial actions, typically to discredit them or justify their arrest.

   Провокатор

   • The police used a provocateur to infiltrate the protest group.
   • He was suspected of being a provocateur sent to stir up trouble.
   • The agent provocateur encouraged the crowd to break the law.

   Synonymsagent provocateuragitatorfomenterinciterinstigatorprovoker