agent provocateurn.

Brit.

/ˌaʒɒ̃ prəˌvɒkəˈtəː/, U.S.

/ˌɑʒɑn(t) prəˌvɔkəˈtər/

Inflections: Plural agents provocateurs.

Forms: 1800s agens provocateurs (plural), 1800s– agent provocateur.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agent provocateur.

Etymology: < French agent provocateur (1818 or earlier) < agent agent n.¹ + provocateur (1818 or earlier), use as adjective of provocateur provocateur n. Compare later provocateur n., and also agente provocateuse n.In plural form agents provocateurs after the French plural form.

1. A person (originally a man) employed, esp. by a government, to induce or incite others to violence or illegal acts, in order to secure an arrest, discredit a cause, etc. Cf. provocateur n., agente provocateuse n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > to evil or lawlessness > one who

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agent provocateur1831

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] > seditious person

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1831 Museum of Foreign Lit. July 119/2 A secret police was established under the controul of Rozniecki, who employed one hundred spies, accusers, and agens provocateurs.

1845 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. iv. 438 Thus did he overstep the limit which separates the office of spy from that of agent provocateur (instigator).

1877 W. de Horsey Let. 8 Jan. in A. Ponsonby Henry Ponsonby (1942) xiv. 324 You may think that I am looking through very coloured spectacles when I attribute..the Bulgarian atrocities to Russian intrigue—that Russian ‘agents provocateurs’ prepared the Servian rebellion.

1896 W. Le Queux Secret Service viii. 169 It was hinted to an agent provocateur that your death would be gratifying.

1923 Daily Mail 1 Mar. 8 Constantinople had long been the Mecca of the professional spy and agent provocateur.

1993 Guardian 20 Sept. i. 5/4 Entrapment or use of an agent provocateur did not per se afford a defence to a criminal charge.

2001 Times 8 June ii. 2/4 Branded by some as a right-wing terrorist, by others as a deep-cover agent provocateur, Strassmeir is reinventing himself as a crusader for the truth.

2. In extended use and figurative. A person or thing that incites some action or reaction; a provoking cause or agent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates

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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates

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1888 London Society July 86 Who would have the heart to deny the agent provocateur of laughter..an occasional bon mot himself.

1908 tr. T. Ziehen in A. Church Dis. Nerv. Syst. 1049 We may regard fright as an ‘agent provocateur’ of hysteria.

1945 Fortune Mar. 138/2 Mr. Ruml's lavish gifts as an idea man..[makes him] ‘an agent provocateur of ideas’.

1976 Cincinnati Apr. 24 (heading) Television news as agent provocateur.

1989 People (Nexis) 24 July 12 Glenn Close and John Malkovich are the sexual agents provocateurs..in this insinuating tale of lust.

2004 Archit. Rev. June 38/1 Anders Wilhelmson is an architect who enjoys playing agent provocateur.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agent provocateur
释义	agent provocateurn. Brit. /ˌaʒɒ̃ prəˌvɒkəˈtəː/, U.S. /ˌɑʒɑn(t) prəˌvɔkəˈtər/ Inflections: Plural agents provocateurs. Forms: 1800s agens provocateurs (plural), 1800s– agent provocateur. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agent provocateur. Etymology: < French agent provocateur (1818 or earlier) < agent agent n.¹ + provocateur (1818 or earlier), use as adjective of provocateur provocateur n. Compare later provocateur n., and also agente provocateuse n.In plural form agents provocateurs after the French plural form. 1. A person (originally a man) employed, esp. by a government, to induce or incite others to violence or illegal acts, in order to secure an arrest, discredit a cause, etc. Cf. provocateur n., agente provocateuse n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > to evil or lawlessness > one who bawd1607 agent provocateur1831 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] > seditious person sower1380 kindler?c1450 stirrerc1450 subvertera1500 subverser1514 subvertor?1532 commotioner1549 provocator1559 seditioner1562 seedsman1587 tumulter1589 turmoiler1591 seditionary1607 seditiary1628 incendiary1631 patriot1644 embroiler1668 agitator1681 seditionist1786 agent provocateur1831 disquietist1834 insurrectionist1845 provocateur1855 galley-growler1867 1831 Museum of Foreign Lit. July 119/2 A secret police was established under the controul of Rozniecki, who employed one hundred spies, accusers, and agens provocateurs. 1845 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. iv. 438 Thus did he overstep the limit which separates the office of spy from that of agent provocateur (instigator). 1877 W. de Horsey Let. 8 Jan. in A. Ponsonby Henry Ponsonby (1942) xiv. 324 You may think that I am looking through very coloured spectacles when I attribute..the Bulgarian atrocities to Russian intrigue—that Russian ‘agents provocateurs’ prepared the Servian rebellion. 1896 W. Le Queux Secret Service viii. 169 It was hinted to an agent provocateur that your death would be gratifying. 1923 Daily Mail 1 Mar. 8 Constantinople had long been the Mecca of the professional spy and agent provocateur. 1993 Guardian 20 Sept. i. 5/4 Entrapment or use of an agent provocateur did not per se afford a defence to a criminal charge. 2001 Times 8 June ii. 2/4 Branded by some as a right-wing terrorist, by others as a deep-cover agent provocateur, Strassmeir is reinventing himself as a crusader for the truth. 2. In extended use and figurative. A person or thing that incites some action or reaction; a provoking cause or agent. 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T. Ziehen in A. Church Dis. Nerv. Syst. 1049 We may regard fright as an ‘agent provocateur’ of hysteria. 1945 Fortune Mar. 138/2 Mr. Ruml's lavish gifts as an idea man..[makes him] ‘an agent provocateur of ideas’. 1976 Cincinnati Apr. 24 (heading) Television news as agent provocateur. 1989 People (Nexis) 24 July 12 Glenn Close and John Malkovich are the sexual agents provocateurs..in this insinuating tale of lust. 2004 Archit. Rev. June 38/1 Anders Wilhelmson is an architect who enjoys playing agent provocateur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1831
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