agent provocateur
Example Sentences
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Reckzeh had been set up as a spy and agent provocateur by the Gestapo: Thadden had been fooled by his elaborately constructed cover story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
"I experienced at first hand a rather pathetic attempt by an agent provocateur to put me in a great deal of trouble," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2023
Jester, troubadour, agent provocateur, Serge Gainsbourg rhymed his way through life in a fog of Gitanes smoke, making music of every genre.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
Appearing on Carlson's show on December 6, Blake notes, McBride "proceeded to highlight one specific supposed agent provocateur, who stood out because he was wearing red face paint."
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2021
With him, the composer as agent provocateur had arrived.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
