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An agent provocateur (French for 'inciting agent') is a person who actively entices another person to commit a crime that would not otherwise have been committed and then reports the person to the authorities. They may target individuals or groups.
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A person who commits espionage is called an espionage agent or spy. [1] Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government, company, criminal organization, or independent operation, can commit espionage. The practice is clandestine, as it is by definition unwelcome.
Agent provocateur, a (generally political) group that tries to goad a desired response from the group or otherwise disrupt its activity; Provocation test, a way of medical testing for conditions such as an allergy by provoking the immune system's response; Provoke, a 1998 album by Altar and their final release on Displeased Records
William J. Oliver, (?1774–1827) also known as Oliver the Spy, W. J. Richards and W. O. Jones, was a police informer and supposed agent provocateur at a time of social unrest, immediately after the Napoleonic Wars.
A provocateur’s job is to get clicks. A coach’s job is to get wins, unless he’s simply auditioning for his next role in front of the camera. Blake Toppmeyer is the USA TODAY Network's SEC ...
Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and dabbled in politics with campaigns for ...
Sexpionage is the involvement of sexual activity (or the possibility of sexual activity), intimacy, romance, or seduction to conduct espionage.Sex, or the possibility of sex, can function as a distraction, incentive, cover story, or unintended part of any intelligence operation.