provocateur

• Sustantivo que designa a una persona, a menudo un agente encubierto, que incita o provoca deliberadamente a otros a cometer actos ilegales o polémicos, generalmente con el fin de desacreditarlos o justificar su detención.

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.

   agente provocador

   • 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.

   Sinónimosagent provocateuragitatorfomenterinciterinstigatorprovoker