Tom is a known agent provocateur.
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Provocateur
Synonyms for "provocateur" (31 found)
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30 translations across 21 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- правака́тар noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Bulgarian
1 entries- провока́тор noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 挑釁者 /挑衅者 noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Czech
1 entries- provokatér noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Dutch
2 entries- agent-provocateur noun (undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts)
- provocateur noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Esperanto
1 entries- provokisto noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Estonian
1 entries- provokaator noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Finnish
1 entries- provokaattori noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
French
2 entries- provocateur noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
- provocatrice noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
German
2 entries- Provokateur noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
- Provokateurin noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Greek
1 entries- προβοκάτορας noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Hungarian
1 entries- provokátor noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Indonesian
1 entries- provokator noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Persian
1 entries- پرووکاتور noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Polish
4 entries- awanturnica noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
- awanturnik noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
- prowokator noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
- prowokator noun (undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts)
Portuguese
1 entries- agente provocador noun (undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts)
Russian
1 entries- провока́тор noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Spanish
2 entries- agente provocador noun (undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts)
- provocador noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Swedish
1 entries- provokatör noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Turkish
1 entries- provokatör noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Ukrainian
1 entries- провока́тор noun (one who engages in provocative behavior)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom Jackson is an influencer and provocateur paying by the government.
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That person turned out to be a right-wing provocateur.
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It so happens that this person was a right-wing provocateur.
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