Agent provocateur (disambiguation)

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An agent provocateur is a person employed to act undercover to entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal or rash act.

An agent provocateur is a person who commits or who acts to entice another person to commit an illegal or rash act or falsely implicate them in partaking in an illegal act, so as to ruin the reputation or entice legal action against the target or a group he belongs to. An agent provocateur may be a member of a law enforcement agency acting out of their own sense of duty or under orders, or other entity. They may target any group, such as a peaceful protest or demonstration, a union, a political party or a company.

Agent provocateur or Provocateur may also refer to:

<i>Agent Provocateur</i> (album) 1984 studio album by Foreigner

Agent Provocateur is the fifth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on December 7, 1984. The album was the band's first and only number one album in the United Kingdom, and it reached the top 5 in the United States. Although album sales were lower than their previous work in the U.S., it contains the band's biggest hit single, "I Want to Know What Love Is", which is their only #1 single in the UK and the U.S., staying at the top spot for three and two weeks respectively. The follow-up single, "That Was Yesterday", also proved to be a sizeable hit, peaking at #12 in the U.S. The album was certified Platinum in the UK by the BPI, and triple Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA.

Agent Provocateur were a British electronica band, consisting of John Gosling, Matthew Ashman, Dan Peppe, Danny Saber and Cleo Torez. When Ashman died in 1995 he was replaced on guitar by Lance Burman.

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