I love Omarosa, but hate it that she had to bring Piers family into it.....other than that, MORE OMAROSA!!
Of course you love her!
Cause you are a provocateur!
TL, I looked up the word "provocateur" and it's barely in the dictionary!!
It says: "agent provocateur", then the word below is 'provocation' meaning 'to site anger or resentment'. Next, is the word is 'provocative' meaning 'tending to arouse or excite a response..." etc.
Ok, I know you all are just elated for that little vocab lesson! ![lol :lol:](https://forum.realityfanforum.com/Smileys/classic/lol.gif)
Ho, ho, Rudy Rules, you did a smart thing by looking in the dictionary for agent provocateur. However, your mistake was is looking at the American English dictionary. You may need a FRENCH dictionary since agent provocateur is a French word.
I went to a wide variety of sources for a good definition and here is the best I found:
Traditionally, an agent provocateur (plural: agents provocateur, French for "inciting agent") is a person employed by the police or other law enforcement body to act undercover and entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act. More generally, the term may refer to person or group who provokes another to perform a wrong or rash action, the deliberate purpose being to incite wider conflict or harm.
An agent provocateur is often a police officer that encourages suspects to carry out a crime under conditions where evidence can be obtained; or who suggests the commission of a crime to another, in hopes they will go along with the suggestion, so they may be convicted of the crime. These are sometimes called sting operations.
One common use of Agents provocateurs is to investigate consensual or "victimless" crimes; since each participant in such crimes are willing participants, it is often difficult for the authorities to discover such crimes without the use of undercover agents.
Agents provocateurs are also used against political opponents. Here, it has been documented that provocateurs deliberately carry out or seek to incite counter-productive and/or ineffective acts, in order to foster public disdain for the group and provide a pretext for aggression against the group; and to worsen the punishments its members are liable for (see Red-baiting).
Historically, Agents provocateurs activities have been one operational tactic of labor spies who may also be hired to infiltrate, monitor, disrupt, and/or subvert union activities.
Terrorists act as agents provocateurs when they seek to provoke government repression or an aggressive response, hoping thereby to reduce the credibility of the government, gain it enemies, alienate, divide, and demoralize its constituency, and increase support for themselves. In this sense, provocation may be combined with endorsement terrorism. In many cases terrorist provocation is an example of what is colloquially called "let's you and him fight".
The activities of agents provocateurs pose a number of ethical and legal issues.
Rob, aren't you sorry you started all this, you terrorist!