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Meaning of "agents provocateurs" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AGENTS PROVOCATEURS

agents provocateurs  [aʒɑ̃ prɔvɔkatœr] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AGENTS PROVOCATEURS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Agents provocateurs is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AGENTS PROVOCATEURS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Agent provocateur

An agent provocateur is an undercover agent who acts to entice another person to commit an illegal or rash act or falsely implicate them in partaking in an illegal act. An agent provocateur may be employed by the police or other entity to discredit or harm another group by provoking them to commit an act - thus, undermining the protest or demonstration as whole. To prevent infiltration by agents provocateurs, the organizers of large or controversial assemblies may deploy and coordinate demonstration marshals, also called stewards.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AGENTS PROVOCATEURS

agency spokesperson
agenda
agendaless
agendum
agendums
agene
agenesia
agenesis
agenetic
agenize
agent
agent of production
Agent Orange
agent provocateur
agent-general
agential
agentival
agentive
agentry
agents-general

WORDS THAT END LIKE AGENTS PROVOCATEURS

after-hours
business hours
colours
concours
contours
grands seigneurs
honours
hours
Messeigneurs
messieurs
millefleurs
of yours
office hours
opening hours
ours
premiers danseurs
secateurs
the small hours
Tours
yours

Synonyms and antonyms of agents provocateurs in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «agents provocateurs» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AGENTS PROVOCATEURS

Find out the translation of agents provocateurs to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of agents provocateurs from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «agents provocateurs» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奸细
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agentes provocadores
570 millions of speakers

English

agents provocateurs
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एजेंटों provocateurs
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وكلاء محرضين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

провокаторы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agentes provocadores
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এজেন্ট provocateurs
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agents provocateurs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ejen provokator
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Provokateure
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エージェント扇動
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

선동 요원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Agen provokateurs
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đại lý khiêu khích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முகவர்கள் ஆத்திரமூட்டுபவர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एजंट प्रोवोक्टर्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ajanlar provokatör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

agenti provocatori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prowokatorów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

провокатори
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agenți provocatori
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προβοκατόρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

provocateurs
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

provokatörer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

provokatører
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of agents provocateurs

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AGENTS PROVOCATEURS»

The term «agents provocateurs» is normally little used and occupies the 135.197 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AGENTS PROVOCATEURS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about agents provocateurs

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGENTS PROVOCATEURS»

Discover the use of agents provocateurs in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to agents provocateurs and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Agents Provocateurs: 100 Subversive Skateboard Graphics
Agents Provocateurs asks new questions of this boundary-pushing artistic genre and its place over the years. Did it save skateboarding? Are these controversial topics still relevant 20 years later?
Sebastien Carayol, 2013
2
Agents Provocateurs: How Intelligence Can Defeat Al Qa'ida
A clear, practical, informed plan for defeating Al-Qa’ida before Bin Laden’s legions acquire weapons of mass destruction.
John R. Schindler, 2009
3
Tales of the Shadowmen: Agents Provocateurs
The international anthology devoted to paying homage to the world's most fantastic heroes and villains returns in this eighth installment. This time, the stories focus on those who provoke or entice evil.
Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier, 2011
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Surveillance in America: Critical Analysis of the FBI, 1920 ...
He again spread disinformation by denying disruption of First Amendment political activity through the use of agents provocateurs. Such provocateurs stood outside the rule of law, so Kelley concealed their history of unethical and illegal ...
Ivan Greenberg, 2012
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Weapons of Mass Migration: Forced Displacement, Coercion, ...
Who Engages in It? Coercive engineered migration can be exercised by three distinct types of challengers: generators, agents provocateurs, and opportunists. As a rule, generators and agents provocateurs engage in the active creation and  ...
Kelly M. Greenhill, 2011
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The Battle against Anarchist Terrorism: An International ...
This, however, seems to have been a minority opinion.36 Informers and agents provocateurs The authorities themselves contributed to the creation of the phenom- enon of anarchist terrorism through their misuse of informers, particu- larly of ...
Richard Bach Jensen, 2013
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Dragon Lady
At the fourth or fifth explosion, General Whipple cried out, “Agents provocateurs!” The double plural was correct usage, I thought idiotically, me a fleeting English major. Ziggy held his hands up to dissuade the general, who ignored him ...
Gary Alexander, 2011
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Guide to the Boris I. Nicolaevsky Collection in the Hoover ...
Clippings, correspondence, minutes, photographs, printed matters, reports re activities of agents provocateurs within Russian ... 2-4 General 5 Burtsev, Vladimir L'vovich 6 Financial records 7 Notes 8 Addresses Agents provocateurs - - Cases.
Anna M. Bourguina, Michael Jakobson
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Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars Against the ...
Agents provocateurs were also routinely assigned to disrupt the internal functioning of targeted groups and to assist in the spread of disinformation. Once again, examples are legion. Initially, there seemed to be an inclination on the part of the ...
Ward Churchill, Jim Vander Wall, 2002
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The Policing of Politics in the Twentieth Century: ...
He also insisted that the tales of brutality and of agents provocateurs were unfounded - something which is rather more difficult to credit. The evidence reveals the Okhrana pursuing its quarry mercilessly both inside and outside the empire; and ...
Mark Mazower, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGENTS PROVOCATEURS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term agents provocateurs is used in the context of the following news items.
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Waco TX Biker Massacre: Classic False Flag Operation …
In the case of Twin Peaks, it appears that agents provocateurs were busily at work fabricating a pretext so that the ATF snipers could start ... «The People's Voice, Jun 15»
2
German court nixes case against 2 men who smuggled drugs at …
The federal court decision is the first time that a German criminal case has been canceled because of the actions of agents provocateurs. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
3
Uncle Sam's Personal “Terror Factory”
If someone believes that most, or all, “terrorists” are invented and created by government agents provocateurs, would, or should, they be ... «American Free Press, May 15»
4
Opinion: Beleaguered Muslim American community is looking for relief
Charlie Hebdo satirists are agents provocateurs who make fun of everyone; they are not hatemongers. Hatred of everything Muslim is the sole ... «NJ.com, May 15»
5
Granger and Nagamootoo are better equipped than Burnham and …
Their calm in the face of vicious attack during the campaign indicates they are likely to have the wisdom to ward off agents provocateurs who ... «Stabroek News, May 15»
6
Italy: Expo 2015, May Day reveal deep class antagonisms
While there is no reason to rule out the possibility of state agents provocateurs behind these actions, it is also true that the anarchist elements ... «World Socialist Web Site, May 15»
7
When police ratchet up the force, riots get worse, not better
... show up to protests raring for battle. Some of them, as the Internet has taught us, may be undercover police officers or agents provocateurs. «Washington Post, May 15»
8
Canada's Fascist Shift
The threat of agents provocateurs who infiltrate citizen groups also serves to stifle people from exercising their rights, as it puts a chill on ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Apr 15»
9
The Chinese Photobook, Photographers' Gallery
... 1931; the pretext was the bombing of a Japanese-run railway line near the city of Mukden, likely the work of Japanese agents provocateurs. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
10
'Turing got a pardon. I want one, too'
Entrapment was common, with police acting as agents provocateurs in public toilets. All of this came to an end in 2003, with the repeal of the ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»

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