agente provocatrice

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French agente provocatrice.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌaʒɒ̃(t) pɹəvɒkəˈtɹiːs/

Noun

agente provocatrice (plural agentes provocatrices)

1. A female agent provocateur; a woman who incites someone to do something, especially something incriminating.
   • 1954, Nicholas Blake, The Whisper in the Gloom:

     “It's a star part I am offering you. The beautiful, slinky agente provocatrice.”

   • 1965, Alistair Horne, The Fall of Paris:

     Rigault set an agente provocatrice to pick up the judge in a café; then, once the bait had been taken, Rigault arraigned the judge with seducing his sister […].

   • 1996, Michael Brown, The Israeli-American Connection, page 115:

     Manya Shohat was charged with having been an agente provocatrice who betrayed Jews to the czarist secret police.

Synonyms

• agente provocateuse

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒɑ̃t pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.tʁis/

Noun

agente provocatrice f (plural agentes provocatrices)

1. female equivalent of agent provocateur

Italian

Noun

agente provocatrice f (plural agenti provocatrici, masculine agent provocatore)

1. female agent provocateur