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агент-провокатор (a person who is employed by a government to encourage people in political groups to do something illegal so that they can be arrested. OALD Alexander Demidov); провокатор (pl. agents provocateurs) According to Michele A. Berdy, it only works well in certain historical contexts, e.g. • Гапон: революционер или провокатор царской охранки? – Father Gapon: revolutionary or agent provocateur for the tsarist secret police? • [Titushki] are the tough guys in tracksuits who act as agents provocateurs.) |
