agent provocateur

短语

[法] 奸细, 煽动分子

发音

US /ˌɑʒɑnt pɹəˌvɔkəˈtɝ/
其它
US /-ˈtʊəɹ/
US /ˌɑʒɑ̃-/
UK /ˌæʒɒ̃ pɹəˌvɒkəˈtɜː/
UK /ˌeɪd͡ʒənt-/

词形变化

agents provocateurs 复数 agents provocateurs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who secretly disrupts a group's activities from within the group, particularly by encouraging or committing illegal acts to discredit the group or expose them to prosecution; an instigator, troublemaker.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

provocateur

上位词 3

operative intelligence officer secret agent

词源

Borrowed from French agent provocateur (literally “provocative agent”).

来源：wiktionary