Agents provocateurs may seek to discredit the opposition.
卧底可能会设法败坏反对派的名誉。
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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。
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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.