agente provocatrice
/ˌaʒɒ̃(t)pɹəvɒkəˈtɹiːs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A female agent provocateur; a woman who incites someone to do something, especially something incriminating.
Example Sentences
- "“It's a star part I am offering you. The beautiful, slinky agente provocatrice.”"
- "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 […]."
- "Manya Shohat was charged with having been an agente provocatrice who betrayed Jews to the czarist secret police."
Etymology
Borrowed from French agente provocatrice.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˌaʒɒ̃(t)pɹəvɒkəˈtɹiːs/