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An '''agent provocateur''' (French for "inciting agent") 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 of, or entice legal action against, the target, or a group they belong to or are perceived to belong to. | An '''agent provocateur''' (French for "inciting agent") 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 of, or entice legal action against, the target, or a group they belong to or are perceived to belong to. | ||
They may target any group, such as a peaceful protest or demonstration, a union, a political party or a company. | They may target any group, such as a peaceful protest or demonstration, a [[Trade union|union]], a political party or a company. | ||
== United States == | == United States == | ||
In the United States, the FBI's COINTELPRO program included agents posing as political activists to disrupt activities of political groups.<ref>[https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/cuestiones-constitucionales/article/view/6013 Enemies, A History of the FBI. Tim Weiner, Nueva York, Random House, 2012, 537 pp.]</ref> | In the [[United States of America|United States]], the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]'s [[COINTELPRO]] program included agents posing as political activists to disrupt activities of political groups.<ref>[https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/cuestiones-constitucionales/article/view/6013 Enemies, A History of the FBI. Tim Weiner, Nueva York, Random House, 2012, 537 pp.]</ref> | ||
== On other wikis == | == On other wikis == | ||
Revision as of 21:12, 10 June 2022
An agent provocateur (French for "inciting agent") 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 of, or entice legal action against, the target, or a group they belong to or are perceived to belong to.
They may target any group, such as a peaceful protest or demonstration, a union, a political party or a company.
United States
In the United States, the FBI's COINTELPRO program included agents posing as political activists to disrupt activities of political groups.[1]