agent provocateur /,zon prs,voks'ts: (r); , o'zS/pr2,VI,ka'ts/ n (pl agents provocateurs, pronunciation unchanged) (復(fù)數(shù)發(fā)音不變) (F) person employed to find suspected criminals or offenders by tempting them to commit an offence openly. (法) 受雇誘使嫌疑犯公然犯罪以便加以逮捕之秘密偵探。