1·Agents provocateurs may seek to discredit the opposition.
卧底可能会设法败坏反对派的名誉。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Civilians then checked IDs again, fearing plain-clothes police might seek to act as agents provocateurs.
平民们接着再次检查身份，唯恐可能混入便衣警察伪装的奸细。
3·Suggesting a skirmish might 'put them in their place' the article argued: 'We shouldn't waste the opportunity to launch some tiny-scale battles that could deter provocateurs from going further.
该文章指出，我们不该失去这次发动小规模战争的机会，这样的战争能对菲越两国的挑衅行为起到震慑作用。