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Significados de agent provocateur em inglês

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Person who commits or who acts to entice another person to commit an illegal or rash act.

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A secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts.

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Uso de agent provocateur em inglês
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You heard -they've caught an agent provocateur, exposed him .
Metro 2034
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He thinks of himself as an agent provocateur, a political creature.
Past malice: an emma fielding mystery
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Periodically, someone among the protesters is determined to be a security police agent or agent provocateur.
The Guardian
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You give yourself for an ' agent provocateur.' The proper business of an 'agent provocateur' is to provoke.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
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She is now an agent provocateur.
Wired
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Was he then the agent provocateur?
The Left Hand of Darkness
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Bin Laden is no more than an agent provocateur, but his historic importance is as a manifestation of despair.
The Guardian
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I figured there wasn't much else that could account for your sudden transformation from one-man woman to agent provocateur.
Moonburn
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Verloc, the agent provocateur, is hired to stage an explosion at London's Battersea power station to discredit foreign political agitators.
The Guardian
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The trial collapsed on Monday after allegations emerged of Kennedy having acted as an agent provocateur ahead of the demonstration.
The Guardian
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An agent provocateur, maybe.
Metro 2033
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An agent provocateur, eh?
Anansi Boys
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He is a schooled, intelligent boxer, the antithesis of his other self, the agent provocateur who generates anarchy and controversy.
The Guardian
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Amusingly, hanging over the fireplace in the entrance to the building is a sculpture by the art world's agent provocateur Maurizio Cattelan.
BBC
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Stone has labeled himself an " agent provocateur" and famously has the face of former President Richard Nixon tattooed on his back.
Reuters
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A formal auction for Agent Provocateur should start in April, the source said.
Reuters
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