Main Entry: agent pro·vo·ca·teur
Pronunciation: 'ä-"zhän-prO-"vä-k&-'t&r, 'A-j&nt-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural agents provocateurs /'ä-"zhän-prO-"vä-k&-'t&r, 'A-j&n(t)s-prO-/
Etymology: French, literally, provoking agent
Date: 1877
: one employed to associate with suspected persons and by pretending sympathy with their aims to incite them to some incriminating action
