agent of punishment

  • 1Agent provocateur (disambiguation) — An agent provocateur (plural: agents provocateurs ) is, in French, a person employed to associate with suspected individuals or groups with the purpose of inciting them to commit acts that will make them liable to punishment.Agent Provocateur may …

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  • 2agent provocateur — /ay jeuhnt preuh vok euh terr /; Fr. /ann zhahonn prddaw vaw kann tuerdd /, pl. agents provocateurs /ay jeuhnts preuh vok euh terr /; Fr. /ann zhahonn prddaw vaw kann tuerdd /. a secret agent hired to incite suspected persons to some illegal… …

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  • 3agent provocateur —    (ah zhanh pro vok ah TEUR) [French: instigator] A paid undercover agent who abets activities directed against the state or against society, or one who incites people under suspicion to commit illegal acts that result in their downfall or… …

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  • 4agent provocateur — /ˌaʒɒ̃ prəvɒkəˈtɜ/ (say .ahzhon pruhvokuh ter) noun (plural agents provocateurs /ˌaʒɒ̃ prəvɒkəˈtɜz/ (say .ahzhon pruhvokuh terz)) 1. a secret agent hired to incite suspected persons to some illegal action, outbreak, etc., that will make them… …

  • 5Corporal Punishment (wrestler) — Dan McDevitt Ring name(s) Dan McDevitt Corporal Punishment[1] The Ultimate Comet The Comet …

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  • 6Nerve agent — This article is about the chemical. For the band, see The Nerve Agents. This article forms part of the series Chemical agents Lethal agents Blood agents Cyanogen chloride (CK) …

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  • 7Capital punishment in the United States — This article is about capital punishment in the U.S. as a general overview. For the federal government s capital punishment laws, see Capital punishment by the United States federal government. Part of a series on Capital punishment …

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  • 8Use of capital punishment by country — The following is a summary of the use of capital punishment by country. Contents 1 Capital Punishment In The World 2 Africa 3 The Americas 4 Asia Pacific …

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  • 9Capital punishment in Texas — The State of Texas Death Row seal, taken at the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas …

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  • 10DIVINE PUNISHMENT — In a system of law based on divine revelation all punishment originally and ultimately derives from God. Even though human agencies may be entrusted with authority to inflict punishments in certain prescribed cases, God s own overriding punishing …

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