Provocateur (Noun)
Meaning
A secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The detective was actually a provocateur working for the government, trying to get the suspects to reveal their true intentions.
- The organization had a history of using provocateurs to gather evidence against potential security threats.
- The suspected terrorist was lured into making incriminating statements by a clever provocateur posing as a fellow extremist.
- Undercover as a militant activist, the provocateur skillfully goaded the group's leader into planning a violent demonstration.
- A retired spy wrote a memoir detailing his years as a provocateur, stirring up rebellion in enemy nations.