agent provocateur

person who commits or who acts to entice another person to commit an illegal or rash act
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agent provocateur

Summary

agent provocateur is an activity[1]. It draws 846 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #52 of 272).[2]

Key Facts

  • agent provocateur's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • agent provocateur is a type of spy[4].
  • agent provocateur's significant event is recorded as Operation Trust[5].
  • agent provocateur's significant event is recorded as COINTELPRO[6].
  • agent provocateur's significant event is recorded as 2004 Republican National Convention protest activity[7].
  • agent provocateur's significant event is recorded as 2008 Democratic National Convention[8].
  • agent provocateur's topic's main category is recorded as Q9429421[9].
  • agent provocateur's facet of is recorded as strategy of tension[10].
  • agent provocateur's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[11].
  • agent provocateur's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • agent provocateur's has characteristic is recorded as operational cover[13].
  • agent provocateur's different from is recorded as Prowokator[14].
  • agent provocateur's uses is recorded as entrapment[15].
  • agent provocateur's significant person is recorded as Eugène François Vidocq[16].
  • agent provocateur's significant person is recorded as Jacob Zhitomirsky[17].
  • agent provocateur's significant person is recorded as Yevno Azef[18].
  • agent provocateur's significant person is recorded as Roman Malinovsky[19].
  • agent provocateur's significant person is recorded as Dmitry Bogrov[20].
  • agent provocateur's significant person is recorded as Hermann Goedsche[21].
  • agent provocateur's significant place is recorded as Russian Empire[22].

Body

Definition and Type

agent provocateur's instance of is recorded as activity[3]. It is a type of spy[4].

Why It Matters

agent provocateur draws 846 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #52 of 272).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). agent provocateur. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/agent-provocateur-q392752
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_agent-provocateur-q392752_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{agent provocateur}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/agent-provocateur-q392752}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 26d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Subclass of spy
    Significant person Eugène François Vidocq, Jacob Zhitomirsky, Yevno Azef +3
    Subclass of
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293941005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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