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.
"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
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
But the defense lawyers in the Proud Boys’ trial — while clearly disturbed by the number of informants in the group — have largely dismissed the notion that the F.B.I. wielded anyone as an agent provocateur.
From New York Times
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
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