agent provocateur

agent provocateur (ay-j[schwa]nt pr[schwa]-vok-[schwa]-t[schwa]rora-zhawn praw-vaw-k[schwa]-tuur), n.

1. An undercover agent who instigates or participates in a crime, often by in-filtrating a group suspected of illegal conduct, to expose and punish criminal activity.

2. A person who entraps another, or entices another to break the law, and then informs against the other as a lawbreaker.

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译者筠怡，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与产品责任与集体侵权诉讼相关的法律文件。