[lingerie] ==History== ===1994: Early years=== In 1994, Agent Provocateur was founded by Joseph Corré, the son of Vivienne Westwood, and his now ex-wife Serena Rees. The first store was opened in Soho on Broadwick Street. The company sought to sell colourful and fashionable lingerie though began manufacturing a line of lingerie under the c... An agent provocateur (French for `inciting agent`) is an undercover agent who acts to entice another person to commit an illegal or rash act or falsely implicate them in partaking in an illegal act. An agent provocateur may be acting out of own sense of nationalism/duty or may be employed by the police or other entity to discredit or harm anothe.....
(from the article `Russia`) ...by the Maximalists of the Socialist Revolutionary Party against policemen and officials, claimed hundreds of lives in 1905–07. The police felt ...
[n] - a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
provocateur noun a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts
a secret agent hired to incite suspected persons to some illegal action, outbreak, etc., that will make them liable to punishment.